The early access stuff with Nere made more sense when it seemed more ambiguous what the limits to the absolute's control were-how much of it was conditioning/brainwashing and how much was affinity with the tadpoles making you more susceptible to the absolute's voice. (stuff like the characters speculating that the nautaloid was taking them to moonrise to 'complete' the transformation into true souls, or the stuff where overusing the tadpoles could give Nere the ability to take mental control over the PC's and force them to help him in a fight)
The idea of even having to 'discipline' unruly true souls who get too big for their bridges when they essentially have no free will is an odd notion in the game as things are now, IMHO.
