Turning, I flipped out of the window, pretending to be afraid, curling myself up at the corner. 

The patrolling troop came by and immediately dragged me out once they saw me. “There’s one here. Bring him over.”  

Then, I was shoved to the back of the line where the other Honeycomb boys were queueing and the Ghost Eclipser slapped my butt.  

My body stiffened, curling up among the Honeycomb boys. 

When the Ghost Eclipsers touched the boys, some of them moved back, some were numb to it, while some looked back coquettishly and ogled them back. 

To the Honeycomb boys, the Ghost Eclipsers were the same as any other civilians, wanting to gain happiness from their bodies.

I followed...