Collector Leviathan: Scarier..

The Collector could start crushing your Tadpole while holding it rather than just being an animation. Or it could grab a rock and start smashing it.

crushing it would be entertaining. at least, for watching my friend get crushed.

I prefer it as it is. It’s curious, but in the way a more inconsiderate human might be curious about a small insect. It picks up the Tadpole, inspects it, then tosses it away.