It sounds like she's not a very popular person, which doesn't surprise Eli. He really hopes Thrawn knew what he was doing with her, or better yet, that he'll just cut ties with her altogether. She reminded Eli all too well how uncaring and heartless a lot of Imperials could be. "I wouldn't mind giving her a piece of my mind if I ever see her again."

Seeing as she's not here and they aren't in Imperial space anyway, he feels like he can speak his mind and say things that he's always wanted to.