[He can believe anything he wants. But if Robin falls to no longer hoping she might just disappear again, this time for good.]

Lithuania was a rabbit who shot a rabbit, wasn't he?

[She listens to that, though. Hmm...]

Then I would say that alone might make it obvious the wolves and the hunters are not one in the same, wouldn't it? If they were, why not just say that?

As for trusting the clues... I think it would be best to assume they're real, at least for now. If they aren't, then we've done all this for nothing and we have no information to go on.