So I was wrong, but only about Gale. I went through and grabbed SH, Wyll, Lae, and Gale then sent them all back to camp. Gale did in fact keep getting approval but none of the other characters did. I even tested just leaving SH a few screens away from the "Say Please" scene with Lae, and she didn't react.
It might just be Gale has a bug in 9, or he is more connected with us than the other characters? But probably the bug, not the worm bug, the code bug.
