DOES THIS MEAN I CAN SHOOT AT YOU??? I promise I won't actually shoot you! That's how hard-core I am.
We've seemed to attract a whole bunch of nonsense in the months since we all got brought here to San Fran. Talking animals, killer elves (and a maniacal Santa), actual freaking wish-granting Leprechauns. Not hard to see why the locals might be skittish about us.