No, I'd probably get the same response. There's a difference between optimism and naivete, and I think that'd be the latter.

[Hmmm.] The only thing that guy may be helping is the town itself. Our own well-being isn't in the equation at all. That's incredibly clear from all the danger we've been put in.

There's an end goal they're moving towards, and we're just pieces on the board.