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It wasn't rough? No, it was gentle. It was like I was playing and I was j ust doing something and then all of a sudden I'm some足 where else. Nothing rough about it. Not rough at all. I think, however, it is just that I get there or something, but I don't understand. Just, "here I am." Then I think it's all right. Quiet, too. There's not much sound . . . maybe a soft, soft, soft subdued hum or noise like a humidifier makes, but there's not a lot of noise. It's nothing like flashy or bright or noisy, or abrupt, like maybe I'm just in the yard and then I'm somewhere else gently, nothing noisy or flashy or abrupt about it. It's almost like it's a dream. (Long pause.) In fact, maybe I thought it was a dream except, except I'd never had a dream like that! {Emphatic.) Also there's a strong sense of person to the person I'm talking to. A very grandfatherly quality about him, a quality that reminds me of my grandfather, who is very loving and very patient . . . likes to explain and share things with me and he's fun. . . . The place is like a dream, except the person's not like a dream. The communication is very real. What else did he tell me? I . . . think he explained things. Well, you know, it's almost as though it was somebody I knew. You know. like 'How are you? How are things here and how have you been?' It isn't neces足 sarily somebody I specifically knew but it does have a quality to it. Like somebody I know. ' Hello, how are you? How are things?' 'They're fine. They're fine. This is such a nice place.' And-umm-(long pause) I guess we did talk about the stars. It's like he says, 'You know, you look up at the sky. You see all those stars.' 'Yes, I have done that.' 'And each one of those stars is a place like the sun that has its own places, like your place. And all of those stars have their places. There are a lot of things there, a lot of dif足 ferent homes, and we're from a long way away, from one of those places,' and it seems that he spent some time explaining to me that there are different kinds of places, you know, some that are like where I live and some that are very different and some that are very nice and some that aren't and some that are modern and