"There's a need for you." He wasn't just thinking about himself when he said that. Zoe did a lot of good here. The Joker did nothing but bad. He'd been nothing but horrible the entire time Jesse had known of him. Hurting people, killing them. Getting away with it time and time again. Only to be thought dead and rise again so recently.
He wrapped his arms around Zoe like she directed, happy to do so. Glad to feel her warmth up against him, so closely. He buried his face in her neck and breathed her in for a long moment.
"That's part of what kills me." Jesse admitted. "I wouldn't give you up, neither, if I'm gonna be honest. Horrible as that might be, I'm happy. If I could help Dinah, I would in a second. But I can't..." Jesse looked away from Zoe. "I can't be like this place and just bring people here cause they want 'em. Even with..."
Jesse had no idea if Zoe knew what fate Jake had gone to. He didn't know if she had heard. He didn't expect that Batman and Black Canary had had a discussion about it.
"Even with where he went back to. I'd feel like a shithead to force people to be here."