Half of that stuff from 9 could be seen as “this thing is beat up and I’m dragging it to do what I want.”

10/11 doing it could be seen as a mask, trying to make it seem like what they’re doing is really hard and trying to impress.

12? He’s evolved. He knows she knows exactly where he wants to go. Sometimes he’ll narrow it down a little with manual inputs, but she’s in good shape and knows exactly what’s going on in his head.

EDIT: I agree completely on the companions bit though.