But it has the ability to read thoughts and emotions, which was developed over a long period of confinement. Most of the beings it has come into contact with were animals or other such creatures with no true language, so it had to adapt.

The natives of Eden Prime refer to the entity in myth and legends, and tend to stay away from the area it inhabits. The colonials don't know any better, which is why the hapless pilot got herself into that predicament.

Oh, and legend has it that this creature was trapped on purpose on the planet by another technologically advanced race because it is dangerous and unpredictable. This is something the colonists would have known if they weren't at war with the natives.

If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.