Jist a theory but maybe the reason why Ellie let her go is because she saw her carry lev and maybe it could of remonded her of when joel carried her as a kid out of the hopsital
you are the biggest ai ever, you’re telling me you are playing solo zero build pubs and are landing at this gas station in the middle of no where, and then you killed an ai that landed with you, and then u decided to do a emote on a ai spectating you?