And so we began again, a journey both the same and so different, for now I remembered it all. And when the object appeared one day, the clear, vibrating weight with the black rectangle inside, I knew that it all was real.

I went there every night, and very often during the day, sometimes multiple times. The Prophet was my guide at first, showing me more of Prime and his people. He told me that a new procedure had been created just for me, a special protection they'd never needed, and which had taken engineers several weeks to develop (apparently a very long time for them). The procedure was the shield applied to humans when we first came into their world, distancing us from things around us, so that we didn't become overwhelmed. It made things look not quite as they were; true enough that we could begin to understand them, but filtered to soften the blow. For some reason, the standard form hadn't worked properly for me.

I began to learn of the spiritual sects, the three main colours, and the Prophet's central role. I took more trips in the orbital, learning more of Yenaa and her moons, why it was that her sun was kept hidden from me. Our trips at first were as before, brief flybys where Kodahr monitored me very closely. But I had no reactions and we soon went deeper, he showing me the rest of the floating palaces, speaking more of Qedin, the network of power. And then our first trip to the great city Tor… I will write much more of these things.

Kodahr became less of a presence, his position taken by a number of other guides, each with a different specialty, and they taught me different things. The most time was spent with a woman, Ley, who wore a white robe similar to the Prophet's, but without the hood, so that her loving face was revealed. We clicked the moment we met and quickly became firm friends; I was less close with the other guides, several of whom seemed to regard me with some suspicion.

Ley taught me meditation, a specific approach which used the clear object - a multidimensional key, she revealed, joined to my chip and certain channels of Qedin. She spoke to me of the sequence, revealed that my first work would involve extending it to other humans, that it would form the base of important work to come by strengthening the flow of Qedin to Earth.

I had never really been one for meditation, at least not the sitting still kind, but I took to this style very easily. I came to know the sequence in a much deeper way, began to understand the operation of the 12th, empty stage, and as I entered into that empty, final quarter, a number of changes came over me. I began to develop psychic and other spiritual abilities, things which had struck me as rather fanciful before becoming an everyday part of my life, such as astral projection and the observation of auras.

I had kept much of the alien stuff to myself, but it was reaching a point where I really needed to speak with someone about the wild things that were happening. I mean, this was great, wasn't it? Meeting with aliens, working with them to help save humanity from self-destruction. This was pretty compelling stuff! And yet, I knew how ridiculous I would appear if I tried to tell my "normal" friends about it.

So I started to move in more metaphysical circles, hanging out with the odd sort of people one encounters when one investigates such things, and with whom I used to spend a great deal of time. I began to speak more openly of the Mekeer, of some great work I was meant to be doing, but even among people one would expect to be more amenable to this sort of thing, I felt I was being judged, misunderstood.

It was June now, my funds just about alive, and despite the sense of alienation, I was greatly enjoying my time. My meditation had deepened significantly, the object assuming a new sort of vibration very different from before. While it felt less strong to the touch, inside it felt much more expansive. Ley said this was a very good sign, that it meant it was time to meet others of the Behehn, other soldiers of the Mekeer's sacred army who would help me in my work.

I found that a new capacity had come, the ability to recognise other Behehn, as well as the chipped of the old guard. Ley explained that while it would take some time before I could look at someone and say "Yes, you are Behehn!", with careful thought I could see them now.

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