Thank you, Chris. I guess my existing approach is to trust the experience and deconstruct it later... it's like I download these things and can still get the answers even if I am not officially doing something to get access. It's weird, though, as from what I have seen it usually doesn't work this way. But apparently it's also "normal" to need the person's name, birthday, etc. as opposed to simply having permission... so even in the realm of fringe I'm fringe I guess
I just asked a bit more about that experience and got more clarity. I am not sure I would have been able to get from this what I needed to get if I was asking in the moment... or it would have taken much longer that way... and I was hoping to finish before I fell asleep. I'm really enjoying this thread of yours

Learning a lot, thank you. And I will definitely apply your suggestion about slowing it down next time I visit