        Dale really wanted a closer look at her food.  So far, she had drunk directly from Lake Michigan, which seemed like a far more animalistic behavior than he would have expected—hadn’t the aliens invented bottled water yet?  On the other hand, given the species difference, it was possible that she knew—by way of scanning, or something—that there was nothing in the water which could hurt her.  If that was the case, why bother carrying water at all?  There were millions of gallons of it within very easy reach.