Of course the human wasn’t going to give him any answers that easily. She squirmed to try and break free of his grasp, even spitting at him to make him let her go. Instead, he just held on tighter. Her futile attempts at escape had only made him more annoyed, even teetering on the edge of anger. The human began shouting about how he was no different from the rest of his kind: a bloodthirsty alien. A fresh pang of anxiety struck him in the chest. [i]If you only knew,[/i] he thought. [i]If I was actually like the rest of my kind, you would have died a long time ago.[/i] But he said nothing to defend himself.

[b]“So much for the glory of being the one to finish off my species,”[/b] the human snapped at him. [b]“Bet you were hoping to drag my body back to your people and show it off like a trophy. Too bad.”[/b] That was it. Serix had had enough of her attitude. In his rage, he shoved her into the nearest wall and pinned her against it, glaring at her with as much venom as he could muster.

“You think I [i]want[/i] to be the one to complete a mass genocide?” Serix snarled. “Well I have news for you, [i]human[/i]. I’m not the only one who came to your planet yesterday. If any of the others had found you, you would have died on the spot. You see, we have very specific instructions to kill all survivors and end your species.” He wasn’t sure why he was telling her any of this. His fury had made him blunt, and he couldn’t stop the words from tumbling out of his mouth.

“So you should count yourself lucky,” Serix went on. “That I was the one to find you. Because you might not believe me, but I [i]am[/i] different from the other ‘bloodthirsty aliens,’ as you like to call us.” He looked away so she wouldn’t see the pain in his eyes. “I’m different, and I’m probably going to die for it.” He knew he could change that. There was plenty of broken glass on the ground. He could still kill her right now and end his problems. But somehow he just couldn’t bring himself to do it, and that was why he was going to die. A melancholy smile crossed his lips.

“If you want to go, then just go already,” Serix stepped back, still not meeting her gaze. All the anger had drained out of him, leaving him tired and apathetic. “No point in trying to keep you around if you’re just going to fight me.”