A large ship had been prepared for transport, something that Alex had never seen before. He never knew there were actual vehicles to travel around the desert since he had never seen any.
Upon asking, he was told that there were very few such vehicles, and only someone with great contributions to the sect could have one. These were great for traveling around in the desert with, but more so than anything else, these were equipped to carry around individuals not belonging to the sect when they needed to go to the sect.
Alex didn't understand why these ships in particular had to be used, but it became clear when he entered the room prepared for him.
Six men sat surrounding him in a room that felt as if it was devoid of gravity. The gravity, of course, had not been affected, but his sense of it had been.