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Had I unwittingly asked for this information or was it deeply significant for me? I don’t remember being back for long after that scene because I had instantly “toggled” into another one. This time I found myself inside a huge and semi- dark dome. It seemed to be taller than it was broad and I found myself exploring its limits by floating upwards. I wasn’t alone, either; there were hundreds of other people, as if it were a type of futuristic aviary for humans. Everybody floated around without purpose like it was a way of relaxing leisure. I noticed that some people around me used small boards for their motion which reminded me of the floats used for learner swimmers at leisure pools while others and myself free-floated. This seemed optional and might have been an equivalent to beginner and advanced. | also noticed that as I floated vertically there were levels in the walls like platforms and I couldn’t see how far up or down this column went because it was either too dark or too distant. Movement didn’t seem to be restricted in any way and it was exactly like the anti-gravity that astronauts use in space. That must have been what it was, a human floatation aviary for the future of relaxation. It seemed to have provided everything from platforms to hover-boards and gave the distinct impression of a leisure centre of tomorrow. The next scene I suddenly found myself in was less leisurely and far more industrial. This time I observed from above what looked like a vast quarry in a mountain range similar to the canyon I had just witnessed. Only this time it was almost dark (no hint of the purple sky) and the activity below was littered with work staff and machinery that I couldn’t identify. Upon closer inspection I noticed they were working around the most gigantically wide potholes in the ground that seemed to go down infinitely. It seemed that I had been made to observe the floating activity once again as I saw hoards of people going down into the shaft and coming back up by means of floatation. A huge operation was taking place that I could only identify as mining. Whatever the images were meant to convey to me, it made perfect sense that the anti-gravity ability was used for deep mining of minerals. What better way could anyone have of mining than actually floating down there without the limiting need of cables or climbing equipment? I watched the miners slowly penetrate the darkness of these huge shafts and watched their white coveralls gradually diminish into the darkness below. God only knows how far that shaft went down but as soon as one or two descended, a few more rose up. The floatation was fantastic and it made me wonder how they manipulated the ascent and descent. 133 What I had been shown seemed to be a sneak preview of how they will mine