I went all in with Glut because his story would have resonated with my PC, but all you have to do is finish off the other Sovereign and the fight ends - Glut takes control and only one myconid goes down, the rest all start hailing their new king.

Yeah, after I unknowingly opened

Plot/quest spoiler

The bottle from the chest being transported to Zarya

in the colony and all the myconids did was cast haste on each other and run around uselessly but cutely, I didn't have the heart to ever want to attack them.

Was very much this meme when Glut said what he said.

(Keeping things vague as I don't know if this spoiler tag will actually work)

Oh, agreed. I thought I'd have to fight when I first spotted them and theorized they'd be an absolute bitchful of status effects, so I'm glad it went like it did. I think they're my favorite race atm. They're so interesting to me, and they fit really well since I'm playing a druid.