It was becoming almost automatic. The mental focus 'clicks' on the way to activating the medical scan. And the lack of feedback from the system, on their end, made it easy to justify sneaking around their permission - for these people were useful and skilled.
"It's not like I intend to take them on as royal retainers. Being part of my pack is just words that mean nothing."
But underneath that rationalization, I knew it was simpler than that. I liked them. And I wanted people I've had kind interactions with to be safe when everything went to frozen hell.
No matter how many dozen I impulsively 'acquire'. Not to mention - which is truly a funny phrase considering you always mention it by not mentioning it… all because Claire happened to give me the ability to Track them all on the map, now…
Though it's a bit of a hassle to pick each one and then find where it appeared on the interface-
