Originally Posted by Gray Ghost
It would make perfect sense, but that's not what the game says happened. The game doesn't even imply that, from what I've experienced of it. So he didn't do that. That's what seems obvious, but it's not what Larian actually wrote, and clearly not what they intended. Don't give them more credit than they deserve, they've gotten too much of that already.

I would argue that some storytelling can be subtle and complicated. Not everything has to be explicitly stated out loud. Some things can be embedded for discovery.

Giving credit where it isn't due may be an issue at times, but taking away credit when it is due is also a thing.