As he steadily weakened, his far different life force draining away, the visitor from beyond Earth had barely enough strength to sit upright in his temporary atmosphere suit in the form of the humanoid frame; as the scientist in the employ of the national security state approached, ambivalent to his ‘duty’ and, in genuine awe, harking back to his boyhood interest in the unknown, the stranger spoke softly:”Shall I tell you what I find beautiful about you?”
The government scientist, unable to speak, simply said yes with his now kind face.
“You are at your best….when things are at their worst..”
The scientist, reminded by the strange being of his innate humanity, relented, releasing the stranger to rendezvous with his rescue vessel.