Gary and I walked back to the control deck and found Mila peacefully talking to Hi-Sun. They were both doing an amazing job together, with Hi-Sun smoothly carving a line through the high ocean swells.

"What are our plans for the day, my Lord?" Gary asked. "I know we are growing close to the high point. What is it exactly that you have to achieve when we get there?"

"Well Gary, I completely trust you. But what we are dealing with ahead may be more than either of us can physically handle alone, and so I must take you out of any mystery you may have about this amazing planet."

Gary looked intent and ready to receive what I was about to land upon him.

"We are spiritual beings Gary, and I can see that you have a natural ability as a spirit of the sea. You are more than a one-life man, and obviously with the harmony you share with the sea and all those about you, this is not new to you. But the planets and the universe itself is not as such. It is not some wonderful 'mother of all' that will take care of us and bring us along a 'destiny' that we have no control over. This universe was placed here by us, and it has finite resources that balance, and can be toppled over if subjected to excessive forces of the wrong kind.

Our destiny is in our hands and although this planet may appear all too large and magnificent for any of us to make a difference, this definitely is not the case. An unbalancing of the planets would not be swift, but once the other water planets of this sector began to topple, the rippling effect across the eons would be more than we would ever be able to set straight. The task itself will be quite simple in the days to follow, but as simple as it may be, the lives of billions — and those of all other water planets — depend on what we do here and now with this calibration.

The technology of this planet is all that is needed to sustain and continue a harmonious and balanced civilisation. Our draw boats are one such spiritual technology, as are the other incredible technologies of this wonderful and clean planet. We have been lucky enough to have passed straight through and beyond the technology of robotic-type devices and the like that have plagued other planets and their civilisations. The mechanical influence of evil forces can have a very damaging effect. This is the enemy we are up against — fighting to defend this water planet."

I knew that I had chosen the right man the very moment I caught his eye back on the docks. This is the fun of it — there are no odds against us, with our spirits joined in such a wonderful game. We all smiled and gleamed out into the horizon. The agreement was within us all, and down below our dorsal pilot team glowed with confidence for what we were about to achieve.

Agreement is the most powerful force we have. I was now truly enjoying myself — more certain than I had ever been. What lay ahead was the most epic moment of this life. Of all our lives.