This was Cornellia's first flight outside of an airplane and she wasn't expecting the sudden propulsion up in the sky, which made her squeeze tighter to Steady. The wind blowing their hair and seeing the houses, streets, stores, cars and trees below get smaller and smaller was exhilerateing. Most people have longed to know what it's like to fly and it's wonderful - absolutely wonderful. Cornellia was desperately trying to take it all in, trying to determine what was below them to gauge where they were - but they were moving faster and faster and soon everything below was simply a blurr and it felt they were going around the world at 1,000 miles a second; yet it was just a gentle wind blowing their hair and everything else was very calm. The air was thin - but felt pure and it was unlike anything Corneallia had felt before. Soon they were approaching a cloud with an orange like color, it was beautiful - the way a cloud may appear with a beautiful sunrise of sunset and the next second they are flying in it. As soon as they entered the clould Cornellia was overwhelmed with a tranquility - a peace that went beyond anything she'd ever known and then they dropped below the cloud and quickly approached the ground below. It appeared they had come to a thick forest - but not like any she had ever seen before. Massive trees were as far as the eye could see were in every direction, but here it wasn't your various shades of green; the trees themselves were of every color imaginable, and their leaves were like colorful flowers. She had never seen a more beautiful sight in her life. As they got closer to the ground she could see the rest of the vegetation which had the appearace of a large tropical rain forest; huge leaves and plants filled every space with a splendor of beauty beyond her dreams - it was indescribable - unbelievable. Then she saw the circle they were approaching; like a small clearing in this thick and beautiful jungle and the next second they landed softly in the middle. Cornellia was spell bound, still taking everything in. Steady said, "It's OK, you can let go". Cornellia blushed a little, as it hadn't dawned on her how tightly she was still holding on. Ever since she entered that orange clound she had this incredible peace but now on the ground the feeling was even greater. Where ever they were it was a very magical and wonderful place. They were in the center of a large circle of grass about 30 feet across and surrounded by what appeared to be sticker bushes - but these were unlike any sticker bushes she had ever seen before. The stickers were glistening metal - that looked razor sharp - and the bushes has purple flowers that resembled tulips with yellow veins running through them and yellowish/reddish dots scattered inside. Cornellia could smell the lavender fragrance - mild and inviting and walked over to get a better look. She lowered her nose closer and deeply smelled and was spellbound by the scent. Steady told her to "Be Careful". Cornellia looked half over at Steady, wondering to herself why he would be saying that and reached to feel the flower. As soon as her fingers touched the pedal she had a shock run all the way up her arm and mentally had an even greater shock at what just happened. She looked over at Steady in disbelief and he knowingly smiled at her. "What in the world?" she said in great surprize. Steady walked over and told her,"These are electric sticker bushes. Just be glad you didn't touch the stickers, as they have twice the shock". As Cornellia was taking in what he said Steady went on to explain that the sticker bushes are meant to keep the inner circle protected. The roots have the strongest shock of all. If anything would try to get through they would stop as soon as they encountered any part of the bush. Steady picked a blade of grass and showed Cornellia what would happen - as soon as it touched the metal sticker it sizzled and the blade of grass dropped down as though it was cut by a razor. The fascinating part was for the brief moment the sticker sizzled it turned a yellowish color - a brief tarnished appearance that quickly vanished. Cornellia was amazed, "That incredible how does it get so clean"? Steady chuckeled slightly and told her, "They are self cleaning metal. I'd forgotten this is a new thing for you, but in the near future most of the glass in windows and cars will be self-cleaning as well". Steady waved for her to follow him and they went back to the center of the circle and layed down in the grass. Both of them several feet from each other laying on their backs and looking up in the sky. There was a freedom here that went beyond anything Cornellia had ever known - it was wonderful, so far removed from the real world. Steady acted startled and looked over at Cornellia and assured her she would be fine, and he would be right back. Cornellia looked over with shock and puzzlement, "What do you mean you'll be right back"? "Tom's in the pad and I need to see what's up". "Tom"?? Cornellia shouted, and the next moment Steady was gone. Cornellia layed there wondering about this place, thinking about how it could represent hell because there is absolutely no way to escape. You are on your own, totally alone and no one could ever get in to help you out - this was an eerie feeling and she had to force these kind of thoughts out of her mind. She still felt a little uneasy and turned her head to look at the flowers blooming all over the bushes. As she turned her head back to look up in the sky Steady calmly said, "This is my refuge, my ultra place of safety and usually this is where I always start my journeys. I guess it can kind of feel like hell, but I never thought of it that way simply because I could never be trapped". Cornellia smiled over and said, "Steady it's weird you can know my thoughts, and what did Tom want"? "He just stopped by to use the restroom. He's on his way to a sports event with his son and didn't have any time to visit. So I told him I was thrilled he stopped by and when ever he wants to take a trip, I'm always available. He a really cool dude, very down to earth - you'd really like him a lot. He is way more a super nice person with a very good heart before he's an administrator, but the administrator part always makes you just a little leary...just a trace of anxiety...but it really shouldn't. Anyway, I'm back and everything is cool".