bok

Like school children guided by our teacher, we all looked up at the same
time. It was so real. I even saw a shooting star. The silence, however, made
me uncomfortable. I tried everything to control my panic. As we watched
the splendor of the night sky, he told us not to be alarmed. At that moment
our seats started to move individually to get a better view. They made no
sound. Now the teenager that was at my right side was behind me. Slowly
we turned counterclockwise until we were again facing the human. The
movement itself wasn’t rough, but slow and circular.
As soon as we stopped turning, he informed us that we would be taking a
trip. All of a sudden it seemed like we were taking off. The ground looked
further and further away, yet we could still feel it beneath our feet. I
thought I would fall and loose consciousness. My body became even more
tense and felt it about to snap. I considered that maybe all this wasn’t really
happening, that it was just a horrible nightmare. We kept climbing and I
had to close my eyes. I was still under the impression that I would fall. I
then remembered what the human guide had told us about it only being a
projection and I opened my eyes. We now found ourselves over the trees. I
couldn’t resist though. It seemed too real to be just a projection so I closed
my eyes again. With a great effort I managed to put my hands beneath my
legs. It was then that I realized I could move. My head was about to
explode and I felt nauseous.
All of a sudden we stopped climbing and I opened my eyes. With my face
covered in sweat and tears I looked to the man and his artificial beings.
Surprisingly, they looked as if suspended in mid air. Not floating, but more
like standing firmly on an invisible platform. I suppose that from their
perspective, we would have looked like were suspended in air also, seated
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