Just wanted to pop in here and say thanks for clarifying something for me. In my two different playthroughs I was very purposeful about NEVER using the tadpole for anything, as a roleplaying choice for my characters. In the second play through I was successful in getting Omeluum to give me his ring of mind shielding (psionic protection) to suppress the tadpole even further. It took me coming into this thread to realize that I never saw "the object of my attraction" because I never used the tadpole. Seems like, if I have another playthrough in the future (which would depend entirely on some things being added/changed in a new patch), I might use the tadpole powers just to see what all the fuss is about. Cheers!