She, and by extension, the Absolute, don't understand why you don't transform.
I don't think this part is true, but I honestly can't prove that to you. Other interactions with the tadpole seem to suggest the Absolute is the shadow magic controlling the tadpole, but maybe not then?
As I understand it, the Absolute is tricking all the cultists into believing that the Absolute is a god. The Absolute, as
knows exactly what is happening.
You don't transform because the process was interrupted.
I understand it that way too but I have a sneaking suspicion that adding the tutorial section on the Nautiloid (which allegedly was added late into development and we can see evidence of this in the location files, which are all separate from WLD_) is conveying more information to the player than the writers of the Wilderness area intended.
That the Absolute is an Illithid deception is obvious, Lae'Zel even says so when you find Eodwin.
The problem then is that none of the Absolute cultists are aware of what I wrote in the spoiler tag. Why would the player side with people who know less about their condition than they do? Worse yet, people that
try to kill you upon finding out about your problem?
