"A-ah..."
Madoka felt oddly nervous about going back to Clair without even succeeding in performing a tiny favor for her. If he couldn't even manage to bring Eriko back, he was worse than average--he was a failure.
Perhaps it was desperation, perhaps it was cripplingly low self-esteem, perhaps it was just being crazy...but Madoka vowed in that moment that he would not disappoint Clair by returning without more companions.
"I-if it helps, there's someone else there too?" Madoka hated to think about whoever that was pleasing Clair in the casino, but if mentioning them helped at all... "A-and, I mean...well, it's okay, maybe we could all go into the dance club instead? That's exercise, right? ...R-right?"