Healing Brush .... why?

Something I've wondered about for forever.....
When I'm using the Healing Brush to get rid of acne and the entire area around the brush is free of acne except one spot next to it - WHY does the healing brush always seem to choose THAT spot as the one to copy from?
I'm serious, I can have clean skin all around a big zit except one spot and the healing brush always clones the zit instead of the clean area around it.
It's aggravating because it makes fixing skin a two step process:
- Click and WAIT for LR to pick a spot and WAIT for it to complete the healing process
- Then move the selection and WAIT again for it to finish
Why not just let me pick the source in the first place and get rid of one of the two waiting periods? It would make fixing up skin so much faster....

Yes, you can make it a one-and-a-half step process. Click-and-hold and drag
to choose the source area.
If you just click, Lightroom selects that area automatically.
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