[ Almost as if she's noticing Poniko for the first time, Madotsuki looks down and meets the blonde's gaze. For a moment, her expression remains unchanged. Then her mouth trembles and fresh tears begin to tear down her cheeks. She chokes back a sob, and rubs her eyes with the back of her hand and hitches the corners of her lips back into a smile.

She doesn't want the last thing Poniko sees of her to be a crying little girl. ]

I thought if I found them all, it'd make me normal again. I don't want this anymore! I want to go back to school, and have friends again, I -- I don't want to be a Puella Magi anymore. Not after-- [ And she breaks down in tears again. The wounds are too fresh for her to talk about. She still has nightmares, tucked up in the corner of her mind, about what happened to Monoko. ]

I don't want to be a witch, Sempai.