Tldr drones if he thinks someone would do best serving him full time at the expense of losing their entire identity and consciousness, sleeper agents for people he either thinks don't deserve full conversion or for people who, for whatever reason, he only wants serving him sometimes.

Yea

Elias has a couple, mostly people he respects as peers for whatever reason. But his ego and very particular nature tends to drive most people away.

It's sorta abstract. Direct tweaks or buttons made to someone's mindscape that can be activated remotely with the correct pings or sensations.

Sometimes! Usually it stays pretty casual, even with longer term servitude. Generally it's a fate he inflicts on his subby friends (assuming they allow it to happen)

Either stuff they think would be funny, or stuff only activatable by telepathic stimulus

I mean, Elias is easy. Erase his mind and replace it with a simple, 1 or 2 personality trait facsimile, while giving him a few cyborg implants to better shape him into an ideal asset. Sable? Probably just use him as a chair for a day or two, or zonk him into mindlessly doting on their every need, or whatever else their whims decided that day.

Glad you asked! After a thorough bit of reconditioning he was released back into the woods with an ear tag (one he never seemed to notice when pointed out) and continued what he was doing, though he always seemed a good bit more docile afterward...less willing to harm people or make a scene :3

Well first I would doxx you (Shadow) and then I'd call you a very good dragon and give you some headpats if you go and get me another boba :3

That's tough. In a fight of zonks, probably Elias. He's prepared his mind against psychic/metaphysical intrusions that Sable relies on. In an ACTUAL fight though, I DO think Sable sweeps. Just, fireballs that sheep.

Well, they're not so much "Sleeper Agents" as "People Sable zonked before and left triggers in for their own convenience.". There's no real evil scheme happening there, it's just that they're lazy.

It's quite simple.....

Honestly I don't think it'd be too weird if you asked me that, I know how weird and fuzzy stuff like that can be and I try to be as direct as possible to alleviate that!

OOH, it works! Blasters for my victory!

They're alright! Not my favorite thing but I don't dislike them either