You are the trainer
From the Galespun artbook

Q09 · Chapter 02 · Controls & party

You are the trainer

Who is the player physically controlling in combat?

Selected direction

The direction

Control the trainer; the companion follows and auto-attacks, with player-triggered powers. Direct companion control and putting a companion away for safety are possibilities. Deployment duration, risk/reward and when direct control unlocks remain open.

Recorded as: Preferred baseline + options

Still to decide in this chapter

Shared versus separate health, companion safety, aiming, exact bindings, carried-party capacity and switch penalties still need decisions. Several simultaneous companions remain a possible late-game unlock.

Read “Your first companion” in the artbook

In this chapter