So, reiterating that I do not currently use bearers…
I went in to my base, where I stashed a named bearer I got from a purge just out of curiosity.
DBNO is not going to help this one, if I ever decided to level her. I don’t even have the functionality of telling a thrall to follow but stop at a safe distance behind me anymore to try to get past this excessively low starter health.
So I will continue not using bearers.