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Thousands of stars studded the dark sky, and yet the entire hall was brightly lit with a soft, natural looking light, as if it were midday. The floor was covered with furs and shaggy carpets of astounding, enchanting colors. The most admirable works of art were everywhere, each one more beautiful than the last, and some had animated and changing colors. Elsewhere there were plants - some bright red and others blue, as beautiful as exotic fish but several meters tall. Background music was playing that sounded like an organ and a musical saw, with occasional choirs and bass voices producing . van extraordinary vibrations. This music made the flowers bend and sway in rhythm, and they changed colors with each change of musical style. Every time someone spoke, the music grew softer so that we could hear each other without difficulty and without having to raise our voices. The air was perfumed with a thousand scents that also changed with the music and our positions in the room. The whole area had been designed with about ten angled corners, which were separated at different levels and each corner had a particular character. A small stream meandered through all this. My guide’s two companions were showing him great respect, and the next thing he said to me was: ‘Follow me. We shall make ourselves comfortable, since I have many things to tell you.’ I followed him to a group of armchairs and sofas made of a very soft black fur, where all four of us sat down. There my guide spoke again: “Today I am going to give you a second message that will complete the one that I dictated to you in December 1973. You don’t have anything to take notes with, but don’t worry, everything that I say to you will remain engraved in your mind, because here we have a 1: oo 1 1: ! technique that allows you to remember everything you hear. First of all, we wish to congratulate you for all that you have done over the past two years, but we also wish to warn you that the rest of your mission may be more difficult. But never be discouraged in any case, because you will be rewarded for your efforts, whatever happens now. 149 THE SECOND ENCOUNTER - THE MESSAGE: ParT TWO