She's pointing at herself when she asks "what's your favourite thing" - imagine the disappointment of being beaten out by a hat.
Yeah. If you've ever used detect thoughts repeatedly in a campaign, you know how little information you actually get from surface thoughts.
Honestly, if the doppleganger is acting exactly like Konsi, does it really matter if she got replaced?
I always dispose of my cursed and evil magic items that by planting them in the villain's house then tipping off the city guard that they have it.
It's nice to at least pretend to the DM that you care about their lovingly crafted environments before you burn them down.
Wizards always got to be spending every free moment they have scribing spells - gotta fill that spellbook up. It's like a 100% achievement.
His behavior was objectionable.