You were an elite Time Patroller, on that worked in close tandem with trunks and the Supreme Kai of Time. So, you obviously knew what the latter looked like. ‘That’ was not the same short woman standing in front of you now as you entered the time nest. Sensing your confusion, she addressed it.

“This is my true form, so to speak. I figured it’d just be smarter to remain in this state full time in case I was needed again.”

You tried to take it all in, but it was difficult. Seeing her like this made you wonder why she bothered with the ‘restrained’ form in the first place.