What if Mind Flayers were not just evil creatures? What if, after their liberation from the Astral Plane in Baldur's Gate 3, they found peace and serenity?

Chuul's, the lobster abberations with a hate and taste for humanoids. They are very intelligent, with the capacity to understand languages! Even working and trading with other subterranean species that werent humanoid. Trading brains with Mindflayers, as they were poisonous them!