 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. "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." "In a week we can't negate their entire history. "You can't tell," said Ethaniel. "Very little," conceded Ethaniel. There's nothing in this region of space our people want," said Ethaniel. They went much closer to Earth, not intending to commit themselves. For a day they circled the planet, avoiding radar detection, which for them was not difficult, testing, and sampling. Atmospheric analysis showed that as far away as we were." "What's worse is that I now find they also have missiles, range one thousand miles and upward. There's so little time," Ethaniel said.
 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.