Jean laughed and smiled. "I would love to have an alien for a pet, but unfortunately I think Crystal is right," Jean said and looked at her, "If the thing is hungry, not curious, then if we get too close it might try and kill us. Sure we have guns but according to the colonists' report even the quickest SHELL is too slow for one of them. It would kill at least one of us before we could kill it." Jean saw the head peek over the dune again and paused. "I saw it again, if you guys are interested we could head over there and check it out. Could be fun."