It is indeed from a version where Dantooine would lead straightup to Malachor, without Telos inbetween. All the lines had a few variations, and indeed the ones went with are just pre-Malachor.
We already know that the Holocrons Atris studied are from Darth Traya. And heck, SHE'S IN THE GALAXY THE ENTIRE GAME... and nobody f#cking knew till she chose to on Dantooine.
WTFBarbeque? Atris wanted the Exile punished. Thought everyone Kreia trained was flawed. And in super-irony, also learned from here, even unknowing and fell down that Dark path. Such irony.
Atris isn't exactly "on league" with the Council. You know, trying to kill them all, use them as bait, just as the Exile. Sounds very Jedii not?
No, she wanted them to learn from the Exile, which they decided not to. Not only one master picking it will make it so. What better way to test someone than to implant a notion, and then see if the other rolls with it, or should do what they should do instead.
So no, it fits all fine, I don't see why you have to go all out thinking otherwise - and everyone else is wrong since you're the absolute authority on KOTOR2.
Ugh, yes, you reminded me why I stopped working on TSLRCM, bullshit like this. And now I wish I kept it that way, just more BS upon BS. All this frustration isn't worth it.