Well the funnier things is later on when he has a conversation with potential companion they ask him how he got away from the kraken. I think it is a booboo.
You think what's a booboo, exactly? Because the various voidwoken are called different things. Again, there's the Deepdweller you fight during act 1, the void-tainted / voidwoken turtles, and most likely the kraken as well.