Allie swallowed. She'd seen Dale at the announcement-meeting—probably everypony had—and he seemed like an all right sort of creature. While she'd been too far back to get a good view, nothing about him besides his height looked overly threatening, so it was hard to imagine that he was dangerous, especially since everypony on stage had acted as if he were a peaceful creature. But how could he be, if he lived on the flesh of some other poor animal? And now that she thought about it, it was kind of weird how he didn't have a coat. Only creepy animals didn't have coats—like snakes and lizards and bugs and fish.