"Oh, I like that!" Steven said. "Especially as I think that'd be less confusing for Midnight. It knows it's not normally supposed to trap people, so the nuances ahem of the lift scenario might be difficult for it to wrap its head around.

"And of course it's the sort of thing we'd make clear if these two - er - hypothetical - " Steven gave Kamala a large wink " - people were truly unhappy about it that it all should stop. But luckily there it's able to read their minds to know what they truly want."

Since the two people in question had given Midnight permission to read their minds as needed. Midnight wouldn't go digging around on it own.