Yes, back before the plans of your little trio started rolling and the trials were all so farcical, we thought she was the only hope of our winning the game. At one point the two hunters she'd taken down was a better tally than the town had. She's straightforward and focused on justice to the point that she felt genuine guilt realizing what she'd done in her role and doesn't want to come back to life because of that.

And Madoka... every single other platitude recitation rings hollow to me, but when she says there's still hope and a peaceful way out of all this, I believe her.