Alan was freaking out. The old government had lied? While Alan readily believed this, he wasn't so quick as to trust this new one. If the old government had lied to us, who's to say the new government won't? They already had, and they'll probably lie again. They were also so very tall, these strange new creatures. All tall people did was squash the small ones underfoot! They're also all birds, he bet, waiting to swoop in and eat us! And after that they'll-
Alan snapped out of it and took a deep breath. He was letting his bug side take over, his mandibles straining against his bandana, looking for freedom from his humanity. He retracted them, took another deep breath, but, that failing, could take it no more. He jumped out of his seat and ran for the cafè, anything but this crowd and the strange tall creatures telling lies about lies.