Considering that Institute synths live in servitude, if he'd pursued one I, for one, would have lost any remaining respect for our Captain.

[Carrington has little respect left for the old Enclave ideals or anyone who holds to them. But he remembers Lone as a decent person, not sadistic or one who abused his authority. If he'd preyed on the synths under his power, however, what little bond he felt for the captain who helped keep him alive during the journey to the Commonwealth would have been irretrievably broken.]