I think the best option would be to power up Catnet and have him trail the kittens.

Yeap, and I'm thinking that with a leased delegation to actually dustproof the cuddles might just be in scope.

The dustlimit is just slightly above 2k as of now, so that does sound possible to be financed for several weeks to come while also leaving a healthy snack for the kittens themselves. I'll run some more numbers, but ultimately it will probably be a mix of options.