John is ushered into one of the waiting rooms. He has made an appointment for a visit to the Shrine. He sits down and waits. He relaxes into stillness and cautiously pokes at the atmosphere in the room where eight others also wait. There it is again, but too fleeting to catch a hold of.
Numbers light up, and four people leave the room.
Each waiting room can have no more than twelve occupants at one time. Each visitor is assigned a number and a waiting room. Seven minutes are allowed for one to be alone in either the Shrine or one of the thirteen sacred rooms. If one wants more time, then he must receive permission from the Office of the Inner One. Number eleven lights.