Unexpected Visitor

Sliver removed its cloak, revealing its self to the the being before it. Heart and  mind battled for position.  Sliver knew who this was, what he was... and what his  people had tried to do to her clan... But something the creature could not describe stopped the actions.

Cursing lightly,  Sliver reigned its  whips back in,  tucking them away. The  Thri-kreen cautiously  moved over to  the seemingly  defeated  man, looking down upon him as a war  waged inside of it's head. A small growl came from the throat of the bug at the frustration the situation caused.

What about this  man had Sliver so curious and unable to  perform duties it knew  should be done?  Something tugged  the bugs  emotions and  just wouldn't let  Sliver do what  the clan  would demand it  do with such an encounter  with such a man. Reaching a hand  down to the one  before it, Sliver's mind   and  heart pushed  forward,  caressing and searching the  fallen  man's being, measuring his  worth and  seeking out the source of these odd  feelings that  prevented the  the bug from finishing  the man off.