Well, regardless of theories, it's at least clear that we're dealing with something powerful here, right?

[ If anything, she views the theories as mostly being about what said something could be. Whether it is the Council, or something beyond them, just like was spoken about just now.. ]

Even if we don't know its nature, it does mean the odds are against us. Clearly none of us are powerful enough to try and deal with it on a similar level. That means we need to find some sort of loophole instead. [ Hence the question about optimism.

Since it's not like Ange hasn't heard people deny the possibility of said loophole existing in the first place before. ]