"Of course." Kyuubey spoke with mixed authority and indifference. "Your efforts were ultimately useless. Madoka was not the sort of person that needed to be protected. If anything, he was a great leader. An exceptionally talented individual."

That's just what I've observed. He did not bother to communicate his conversation with QB to Homura; there was no point. Then again, humans never react as we plan them to. I really can't understand them.

"But I suppose you brought about a different result eventually," he conceded. "That was the outcome you desired, was it not, Akemi Homura?"