Tlic

While reading Bloodchild I got curious as to what the Tlics looked like. We new that they coiled a bit, had legs that could make a cage, and had a tail with a stinger that could go out or in, but I was having trouble visualizing it so I did some research. Most of the pictures and more in-depth descriptions I found ended up looking like these:


They all seemed to agree that the tlics looked like an enlarged centipede mixed with something else, though some had them looking more like dragons. Throughout all of these there was one thing in common: they all seemed incredibly terrifying. I don't know about you but if one of those came up to me--even if I knew them-- it would scare the crap out of me and I can imgine ever laying in their "cage.". But in Bloodchild everybody seemed either resentful or in love, nobody was scared of them, though it could be argues that the brother's hate came from a place of fear. Which leads me to wonder have they grown accustomed to the looks and actions of the Tilcs or is the fear just laying low in all the Terrans.