Active field containment. The level of isolation decided upon by the higher ups and imposed upon the reality of the psychically viable. Those subjected to this electromagnetic prison tend to notice aspects of their life drastically shift and seem to be confined to certain predetermined parameters. Mind you, not that the sentience capable of creating these prisons are easily perceived by the limited human sensory experience. Unless it has chosen to be…

The status of their active experiments was always closely monitored by a highly specialized and select team. Occasionally the question cropped up of why bother keeping them amongst the ‘mundane’ if they were showing bending signs. There’s multiple reasons depending on the case subject. For most of them, it’s simply not practical to resort to a complete abduction. Too many loved ones or relatives, extraction would create to much distress. If it could be done without any loose ends and/or the situation escalated beyond the point of redemption, than it would be carried out. Generally this is rare, a last resort. Most cases aren’t so spectacular that they’d warrant this and nearly all of the data needed could be gathered from the subject in their naturalistic setting.

The situation can be illustrated by means of allegory. Imagine that you wish to study a rare breed of endangered animal, but you recognize that taking that animal out of its natural habitat would comprise the experiment. To go about studying this creature, subtle means are preferable. How would the serious experimenter go about doing this? We have all seen the documentary depicting wildlife specialists roaming the forests, temporarily abducting target animals (sedating them, inserting a tracking device) before releasing them back into the wild (the animal mostly none the wiser, aside of some slight confusion and gaps in memory). After that the animal is easily tracked and monitored with little to no further interference from experimenters, who can watch from a distance. “Anomalies” are treated in a similar fashion. We are rare and high-value pets to the experimenters.

Occasionally, it becomes necessary to isolate the experimental subject from the greater world. Referring back to our endangered mammal in its natural habitat, we might erect boundaries around our experimental zone, protecting the subject and limiting interference from the outside. Natural or unnatural walls can be built to prevent trespassers from poaching and to ensure the animal does not wander outside the careful eye of the experimenter.