[ WP ] Aliens have invaded earth . However , they do not want humans . They want our pets .

“ Excuse me? ” Theo blinks slowly at the strange looking being standing in front of him. As far as he ’ s aware, it appears to be female. The androgyny between the two genders and the flowing clothing doesn ’ t help with identification. 
 
 “ We are not here to speak with you. You are not the dominant species on this planet. ” The alien ’ s four eyes move up and down, scanning over Theo ’ s suit. The voice is far too even and without a recognizable tone for him to be able to tell the difference still. 
 
 “ We ’ ve done so much over this planet though. ” Theo protests and watches the alien stiffen as if with anger. There ’ s murmuring back and forth between the ambassador and one of her entourage. “ We apologize. Could you point us in the direction of what ’ s so dominant then? ” Rapid blinking. 
 
 “ If you are unaware of what is dominant, then we have no need of speaking. Please do not waste our time further. We will speak to the dominant species. ” The ambassador turns and starts away from Theo. Theo looks helplessly to the scientist beside him. The man shrugs, looking equally confused. 
 
 “ What the hell is more dominant than us, Mikhail? ” Theo hisses to him. 
 
 “ I—I have no idea. I would give the obvious answers but they aren ’ t wide-spread and we ’ re rather dominant over them. ” Mikhail looks increasingly puzzled. 
 
 “ Well what the hell do we do? I assume that if they don ’ t speak to the dominant species, we ’ ll be in trouble. ” Theo watches the retreating ambassador. 
 
 “ Just give me a bit of time to think. ” Mikhail steps away, gathering his group of scientists and speaking to them rather quickly. 
 
 It takes Mikhail ’ s scientists two days to come up with a proper answer. It makes sense but Theo is nevertheless shocked by it. At the next meeting, everyone ’ s brought their respective pets to the meeting, a great number of dogs among them. 
 
 The ambassador smiles, looking from Theo to the golden retriever that sits at his side. “ Ah yes, the dominant species. ” 
 
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 Based vaguely off a short story I heard about.
