 How do Bal and Ethaniel feel about the humans?
A gentle fancy for the Christmas Season—an oft-told tale with a wistful twistful of Something that left the Earth with a wing and a prayer. But this vast distance did not mean that isolation could endure forever. Instruments within the ship intercepted radio broadcasts and, within the hour, early TV signals. "I can guess," said Ethaniel, who had spoken first. "It's not what they've done," said Bal, the second alien. "I may remind you that in two months twenty-nine days we're due in Willafours," said Bal. "A week," said Ethaniel. They've had two world wars in one generation and that the third and final one is coming up you can't help feeling in everything they do." "It won't take much," said Ethaniel. "The wrong diplomatic move, or a trigger-happy soldier could set it off. A meteor shower could pass over and their clumsy instruments could interpret it as an all-out enemy attack." Except for the one thing they lack, and that's quite odd, they seem exactly like us. "It is. "In a week we can't negate their entire history. "You can't tell," said Ethaniel. "Very little," conceded Ethaniel. "And when we get to Willafours we'll be busy. There's nothing in this region of space our people want," said Ethaniel. "And how long can Earth last?
 Bal and Ethaniel think humans are very similar beings to themselves.
 Bal and Ethaniel think humans are very similar beings to themselves.  Bal and Ethaniel think humans are crude, rough, and desperate.  Bal and Ethaniel think humans are not very intelligent and superstitious.  Bal and Ethaniel are scared of the humans because humans seem to be trigger-happy.