[Ah, so they're vigilantes. How on Earth is "pirates" the more flattering terms. Scare tactics? Oh well, you do you.
Sebastian listens to the story with no show of sympathy or disgust, just quiet attention.]
Those with power do as they will, of course. [No human society ever seems to get around that issue.]
How heartening, to see civil disobedience have a positive outcome. [And by "heartening" he means more "quaint" or "interesting". Usually when people try to rebel it ends in ugliness, after all.]