[Ellie doesn't know these people, therefore she doesn't give a fuck.]

Maybe they'll think twice about doing shit like this in the future, then.

And maybe if there wasn't a speech on the network about how evil Jesse is ["evil" is a stupid word that Ellie doesn't think applies to anyone in the real world], he would have given them back. But now there are a lot of angry people and the only leverage he has is having those powers.

[Even Ellie knows how that works. There are probably people who wouldn't just let him walk away. Not in such a confined space as the base.]