Jake

And so I said, you know, I said my prayer to the medicine.

And he has like these marks on him that I recognize that are from like, like pretty much just getting scratched to hell by seashells, like from like the demo pits or, or what other, you know, you're doing during training.

I grabbed my pills.

I wrapped up my hands and I said, if tonight has to be a battle, you know, I trust you.

Let it, you know, bring it on.

Let it be that.

But if you can come gently to me, please do, because I'm really sick of fighting.

And my wife goes, I think he's going through.

And I was like, no, I was like, I think he's graduating.

And so we stood up, went up a spiral staircase, got blessed with, um,

And he walks up to the cash register and he says, and this is like 10 years, almost exactly from when I graduated.

They use Palo Santo, and I think White Sage is the other thing, but Palo Santo is Peruvian Hollywood.

And he walks up to the cash register and tells the owner, I made it through and thank you for everything, but I've got to go.

And so they have a Corandera there.

She's a female shaman who has spent decades learning this medicine in its native lands, that and the 5-MeO DMT.

And the owner says, we're proud of you.

Congratulations and your food's on the house today.

And then he shakes his hand.

And she was the thing that put the whole experience over the top.

And I just like, I went and sat in the booth with my wife and I teared up and I was like, first of all, there's no way that just happened.