That'd be it, the indicate thing. I post not to confirm that, though, but to note that I've finally found a way to deal with freaking confusion, though the method is decidedly non-optimal.
See, my current fellow is wearing a nylon backpack and has mostly a full inventory. He
also has a flamethrower, which has been primarily (only, up 'till now) used to deal with twinned leeches. What happens when he takes off the backpack, is that... he can't move. Not being able to move
does not take up a turn. It
does, however, apparently take up a 'confusion tick', if you will. So hey. Get confused. Take off backpack, suddenly, can't move, can be lead around by the nose via confusion. Confusion wears off, back on goes the backpack,
DEAD DIE YOU FREAKING e BASTID I WILL END YOUR CHILDREN RRAAAWWRRGGGHH, etc, etc, etc. I have a degree of dislike for the sightless eye faction, at the moment. Confusion and wall-piercing lasers... a mildly infuriating combination.
All of my hate.Anyway, the flamethrower was tangental, but swapping it in to deal with the twinned leeches in between me and that bloody e bugger is what led to this discovery. Naturally, said sightless eye fellow promptly 'died in a fire'... along with two twinned leeches and a dwarf troll. Flamethrowers are awesome.
EDIT: Does not actually make confusion wear off. It
does, however, prevent involuntary movement (and melee attacks), so you can at least shoot/nade/bathe-in-raging-fire the bugger when you get control back. Useful trick if you've got line of fire on the things.
EDIT2: For those entering Bethesda Susa, expect to spend a significant amount of time either ?confused?, on !!fire!!, or ?!!both!!?. Plan accordingly... if you can.
EDIT3: Died to a giant king crab... while confused. Of course. Over 100 hp gone in three allowed actions. RIP, Jack the whatever number you are. Your descendant's going to have mental mirror. And probably carapace. Being on fire sucks