diff --git a/sea.js b/sea.js
index f6a4b45a..02f4ef8e 100644
--- a/sea.js
+++ b/sea.js
@@ -1087,6 +1087,43 @@
       }());
       return gun;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * returns the decrypted value, encrypted by secret
+     * @returns {Promise<any>}
+     */
+    User.prototype.decrypt = function(cb) {
+      let gun = this,
+        path = ''
+      gun.back(function(at) {
+        if (at.is) {
+          return
+        }
+        path += at.get || ''
+      })
+      return gun
+        .then(async data => {
+          if (data == null) {
+            return
+          }
+          const user = gun.back(-1).user()
+          const pair = user.pair()
+          let sec = await user
+            .get('trust')
+            .get(pair.pub)
+            .get(path)
+          sec = await SEA.decrypt(sec, pair)
+          if (!sec) {
+            return data
+          }
+          let decrypted = await SEA.decrypt(data, sec)
+          return decrypted
+        })
+        .then(res => {
+          cb && cb(res)
+          return res
+        })
+    }
     module.exports = User
   })(USE, './create');
 
diff --git a/sea/create.js b/sea/create.js
index e0946b40..0b77e5a4 100644
--- a/sea/create.js
+++ b/sea/create.js
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@
     }
     // If authenticated user wants to delete his/her account, let's support it!
     User.prototype.delete = async function(alias, pass, cb){
+      console.log("user.delete() IS DEPRECATED AND WILL BE MOVED TO A MODULE!!!");
       var gun = this, root = gun.back(-1), user = gun.back('user');
       try {
         user.auth(alias, pass, function(ack){
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@
       return gun;
     }
     User.prototype.alive = async function(){
+      console.log("user.alive() IS DEPRECATED!!!");
       const gunRoot = this.back(-1)
       try {
         // All is good. Should we do something more with actual recalled data?
@@ -286,25 +288,32 @@
           console.log(ctx, ev)
         })
       }
+      user.get('trust').get(path).put(theirPubkey);
+
+      // do a lookup on this gun chain directly (that gets bob's copy of the data)
+      // do a lookup on the metadata trust table for this path (that gets all the pubkeys allowed to write on this path)
+      // do a lookup on each of those pubKeys ON the path (to get the collab data "layers")
+      // THEN you perform Jachen's mix operation
+      // and return the result of that to...
     }
     User.prototype.grant = function(to, cb){
       console.log("`.grant` API MAY BE DELETED OR CHANGED OR RENAMED, DO NOT USE!");
-      var gun = this, user = gun.back(-1).user(), pair = user.pair(), path = '';
+      var gun = this, user = gun.back(-1).user(), pair = user._.sea, path = '';
       gun.back(function(at){ if(at.is){ return } path += (at.get||'') });
       (async function(){
-      var enc, sec = await user.get('trust').get(pair.pub).get(path).then();
+      var enc, sec = await user.get('grant').get(pair.pub).get(path).then();
       sec = await SEA.decrypt(sec, pair);
       if(!sec){
         sec = SEA.random(16).toString();
         enc = await SEA.encrypt(sec, pair);
-        user.get('trust').get(pair.pub).get(path).put(enc);
+        user.get('grant').get(pair.pub).get(path).put(enc);
       }
       var pub = to.get('pub').then();
       var epub = to.get('epub').then();
       pub = await pub; epub = await epub;
       var dh = await SEA.secret(epub, pair);
       enc = await SEA.encrypt(sec, dh);
-      user.get('trust').get(pub).get(path).put(enc, cb);
+      user.get('grant').get(pub).get(path).put(enc, cb);
       }());
       return gun;
     }
@@ -325,5 +334,42 @@
       }());
       return gun;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * returns the decrypted value, encrypted by secret
+     * @returns {Promise<any>}
+     */
+    User.prototype.decrypt = function(cb) {
+      let gun = this,
+        path = ''
+      gun.back(function(at) {
+        if (at.is) {
+          return
+        }
+        path += at.get || ''
+      })
+      return gun
+        .then(async data => {
+          if (data == null) {
+            return
+          }
+          const user = gun.back(-1).user()
+          const pair = user.pair()
+          let sec = await user
+            .get('trust')
+            .get(pair.pub)
+            .get(path)
+          sec = await SEA.decrypt(sec, pair)
+          if (!sec) {
+            return data
+          }
+          let decrypted = await SEA.decrypt(data, sec)
+          return decrypted
+        })
+        .then(res => {
+          cb && cb(res)
+          return res
+        })
+    }
     module.exports = User
   
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diff --git a/sea/shim.js b/sea/shim.js
index 42716477..83c4c539 100644
--- a/sea/shim.js
+++ b/sea/shim.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
       const isocrypto = require('isomorphic-webcrypto');
       api.ossl = api.subtle = isocrypto.subtle;
     }catch(e){
-      console.log("node-webcrypto-ossl and text-encoding may not be included by default, please add it to your package.json!");
-      OSSL_WEBCRYPTO_OR_TEXT_ENCODING_NOT_INSTALLED;
+      console.log("text-encoding and @peculiar/webcrypto may not be included by default, please add it to your package.json!");
+      TEXT_ENCODING_OR_PECULIAR_WEBCRYPTO_NOT_INSTALLED;
     }}
 
     module.exports = api
diff --git a/sea/then.js b/sea/then.js
index 31facfd1..6e6ded1e 100644
--- a/sea/then.js
+++ b/sea/then.js
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
       }));
       return cb? p.then(cb) : p;
     }
-  
+  
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