Trust them? Do they talk too? [Talking, fire breathing birds? That may top the aliens on the weirdness scale.] I promise I'll call for reinforcements if something tries to make me its dinner.

[All of this sounds like it should be in a fantasy novel. Belatedly, Steve realizes that now he could easily be living in one.]

I've read about those things but they're stories where I'm from. Is there certain ways to kill them if that becomes necessary?