” He shook her hand. His grip wasn’t firm but he waved her hand smoothly.“It’s so dark in here”, she said as she got inside and immediately ...arsh turned on the light.“Just as described, eh? Fully private.” He grinned with his arms crossed firmly. “No windows for that reason.”“No windows at all?” She choked with the shock.Harsh stood in a bewilderment and ran to get the application form of Savita. “Yes. You have mentioned you need privacy and you have ticked it very important”, he said.“Privacy. This morning after Jaed left for work Burt Slade of the Harrisburg group drove past. After verifying there were no more autos there or signs of life, Burt called for the drone to inspect the place. One of our small camera drones was carried there to do the job.The flyover by the drone only proved Jaed was a junk rat with household trash dumped everywhere. There were no storage sheds or anything else large enough to store anything in nor were there any bikes anywhere on the property. One more. .. why do you want to go, exactly?”She stopped and looked at him like a bratty daughter might look at her uncool father, for daring to question the latest teen fad.“Do I really have to give an explanation? Urgh. Ted, I swear. Haven’t you ever wondered what human flesh would taste like?”“Can’t say that I have” he replied evenly. The mere thought of it made his stomach slightly upset, actually.“Why would you want to see that?”Jennifer’s attention was back on her phone, texting away as she grunted. A parasite, the Body-Hopper's physical form appears to be that of anormal human male. But, with a mere thought, the Hopper can make himselfinsubstantial, more gaseous or liquid than solid. In that fluid state, aBody-Hopper can physically meld itself with the body of a normal human.The Hopper flows into and fuses with it's victim, merging with them inthe process. Once joined, the hopper assumes total physical control of it's victim'sbody, in effect becoming an overriding consciousness. The.