Upon reaching the human city I kept Samson and Ginger close. I had warned them in advance of the dangers in the city and we needed to stay together. The closer we were the more buildings and houses started to pop up. Ginger and Samson were in awe of everything we had seen on the way into the deepest reaches of the first large city. I began to head downtown towards an all the older shops. Ginger was in awe of every dress and makeup shop we passed while Samson was more impressed with the book shops. It was a cute sight to see them fawning over the window displays. As we continued down the sidewalk Ginger darted to a food stand excitedly,” Alita, look pretzels!” Samson ran over to her, and they both looked at the warm fluffy pretzels. I could see hunger in their eyes and giggled. Walking

