The male lowered himself to meet her, the food offering was some kind of gesture, possibly peacemaking, but there was no need.
The alien had a way about him that was only a quirk one could not see in any others but him. As the aroma of the female's hunt embraced his nostrils, his nose scrunched as though he were a rabbit. Self-sufficient even in her own cage. Maybe there was more to this creature, so far even through his denial, she had already displayed many traits of intelligence beyond the neanderthals of when his kind last visited the little dirt ball she called home.
His face leaned in against hers, golden orbs prying into her own. The pads of his fingers made contact with the sunkissed skin that glossed over her body. Exposure to a natural sun charged more of a warm hue as opposed to him. Her lips, eyes, eyebrows and many more details in the exact same place as his. He had noticed before sure, yet for the first time since she was brought on board, it was his own eyes that scanned her features, not just soma analytical data of the computer. Fire and a poor excuse for a shelter, it was clear she was above the creatures that roamed the open vast earth. The male's ears twitched from the sensation on his fingers. from her knees to her thighs and from there to her neck. Had she more pointed ears and a more slender face, she'be a spot on Aeli.
The texture of her hair between the gaps of his fingers felt soft and even had a perfumed scent. From his other palm, an arc of light generated and he took her hand and brought it to his. There was no pain, warm, gentle and even playfully ticklish, the electric worm was transferred int her own fingers as he passed it on as though it were a living creature. It was clear humans had not yet developed a cursory organ to generate electricity at will, but their hearts, veins, and even brains were charged by it.
At low voltage, she could hold it which only confirmed his suspicions. An elder race lay before him and somehow it was still young. The future potential of her race was truly terrifying.
"your name," He leaned in closer, a simple few inches seperated them, "tell me again.'
"My name," He exhaled turning his gaze from the light worm in her hand to her eyes.
"Solin."