"Vi som stal drömmen"
Den här historien, av Alice Sheldon (pseudonym James Tiptree Jr.), har publicerats i dessa samlingar.
Från en beskrivning här ser vi att människor skördar "tårar" från en främling arter:
One race sweated a chemical when frightened or in pain that to us is a very strong intoxicant. We have developed a ruthless industry of capturing these creatures and torturing them to death so that we can capture the chemical as they excrete it during the torture sessions. In fact, human beings try to capture mated pairs because when the creatures watch their loved ones tortured to death it increases the yield and potency of the chemical. The drink is called Star Tears.
Senare möter medlemmar av denna art andra Joilani som dricker samma, ill-gotten dryck.
They began to fear what their cousins would do, until they watch fellow Joilani drinking Star Tears, and then know for sure that this race was no different than the humans from whom they had escaped.