"Would allow for remote surveillance. Find information with minimal risk. Allow combatants to focus on fighting." IT's not just busy work. Someone has to do it and other people might be of more use out in the field.
Death moves in closer. "These aren't the ones you're looking for. They might feel like it, but they're not. You need to face what's happening, what's already happened. Or it's only going to get worse."

Closer still. "You have responsibilities."

And a brief aside. "Thanatos, please be sensible."