selfbegot | faustian pacts, ho!

[ the barrier's fading. madoka leaps through the air, catching the falling girl in her arms and landing in a full run. this witch... just what happened here? it was almost dead when she reached it, but she'd still had to step in. had this girl really taken it down this far...? ]

Are you okay?

[ she finally comes to a stop and sets the girl down, putting one hand on her shoulder as she looks her over. she seems... really young, doesn't she? she knows there are magical girls as young as this girl in the world, of course - mami's told her as much - but it's still almost sad to see it. what in the world could she have wished for? ]

The witch- that thing... it didn't hurt you, right?

[ what would have happened if she'd been just seconds later? ]