[ WP ] An alien race comes to Earth ignoring everything else but the pet stores . They are jealous cause their world only has vicious predators . They want to take their own household pets .

`` So, what kind of stuff is on Earth?'' 
 
 I was one of many escorting groups of Xenalan scientists. After first contact both humans and the Xenalans spent a lot of time exchanged information of languages, culture, technology, and many other things. Today, a group of human scientists were visiting Xenela while some Xenalan scientists visited Earth. 
 
 `` Well,'' I answered, `` here? In Toronto? Nothing that requires a blaster. Crime is at an all-time low!'' 
 
 `` Of course. We were being cautious of any potential dangers we might encounter.'' the lead scientist chuckled as they holstered their hand blasters. 
 
 `` Anyways, as we're just leaving the spaceport we'll be in a relatively open area without much around. Once we get into the city, I can show you all kinds of things. Toronto is the largest city in Canada. Built near Lake Ontario, part of the Great Lakes. The largest source or fresh water in the world!'' 
 
 `` Oh my,'' one of the scientists said, `` is n't that dangerous? The largest lakes must have dangerous aquatic life within.'' 
 
 `` Well, I have n't seen any sharks yet. Not the kind of area. Besides, most animals do n't really attack humans.'' 
 
 `` You're not scared of the wildlife?'' another scientist asked. 
 
 `` Of course not. Many animals are harmless. Like my dog, Seymour. I can show you a pet store later. I know a really big and nice one downtown.'' 
 
 `` Pet store?'' 
 
 `` Yea, people keep all kinds of animals as pets or companions or friends. Some people like me have simple pets like cats and dogs. Others have some more exotic animals like lizards and insects.'' 
 
 `` Excuse my colleague,'' the lead scientist said, `` the concept of a docile animal being kept as a companion is somewhat foreign to us. The animals on Xenela are quite hostile.'' 
 
 `` Well as a souvenir I do n't see why you guys could n't take a pet home.'' 
 
 The scientists began to murmur between each other behind the lead scientist's back. One of them piped up with an almost kid-like smile, `` really?'' 
 
 `` Sure I guess. What are animals on your planet like anyways? You ca n't seriously have nothing like dogs.'' 
 
 `` You'd be mistaken. Before the advent of gunpowder animals still caused more deaths than any other cause outside warfare on Xenala. Even then, animals were still quite dangerous. Terrasars with their armour plating, Zenslars with their steel-like spines, Domirlys with their high sprint speeds. There's a reason we reminded your scientists to bring guns.'' 
 
 `` Wait, so how did your guys' history even pan out?'' I asked. 
 
 `` Oh, we banded together like you would expect an intelligent species to. Established tight knit communities, had walls up. Our city walls truly are an artistic and practical masterpiece. Eventually we could create hand cannons powerful enough for an individual to ward off the predators and then we truly expanded and advanced.'' 
 
 I tugged at my shirt collar a bit. `` Umm, so how big is a hand cannon by your definition?'' 
 
 `` Quite large, easily requires both hands. One shot is usually enough to cripple most predators.'' 
 
 I did n't like most of the words in that statement. I was truly worried about our scientists at this point. When they said `` bring guns'' we did n't expect their creatures to be that dangerous. We had n't really shared much history. Our scientists only had dinky little handguns, not even energy weapons like these guys had. 
 
 `` Uhh, excuse me,'' I said, `` I think I have a little message I have to send out.''
