Even from the very beginning, I never got the impression that Ella didn't care about the MC. She initially came off as an annoyingly vague plot device meant to keep the early lore ambiguous IMO. As a result, I only interacted with her when the story forced me to. However, I always got the impression that early on there was a least a small amount of pride that she had in the MC. You can clearly see it in the Jake Arc. From the conversions that Jake would have with the MC, and with himself, it was clear that Ella talked about the MC off-screen A LOT.