"Uh... yo," says Madeleine with a wave, "I am apparently a magical girl? I guess that is what's happening."

The thing that made the Dakini easier to deal with than people was that she was allowed to be awkward around them. People tended to find her pauses annoying, and with her voice being on the deeper side it often gave the impression she was perpetually out of breath, so even the sympathetic were annoying about it. The most common response to a greeting or a food order was 'uh, you ok?'

She hated it. Hated the back and forth, hated the tiresome routines, hated having to build herself up for the most basic interactions that they all navigated with such obvious ease. It was deeply unfortunate that the only person she could have a real conversation with was also the most annoying woman in the world. She wasn't sure what that said about Madeleine herself. But happily none of that was relevant here!

Dakini always rolled with it. With her, that is. Not exactly fulfilling conversation, these were not her friends (she didn't have those), but as far as interactions went, this was... pleasant? She tended to say more around them.

"I don't have any idea what that is. It feels like an insult? But I can't tell. There's a trap there. There's a trap here too. I have... no idea what's about to happen to me, so. Sorry in advance. Er. Oh. How much of this... am I allowed to break before I fail? And who is... paying for it?"