Greetings,
Regarding any differing perceptions when seeking to retrieve Maddie,
I had thought earlier that they varied, but rereading this thread suggests the possibility of something else---
Traumatized souls often split off parts of themselves that look like the whole person but have mainly only one idea or feeling in mind. There are other reasons than trauma too that a soul can leave off an aspect of itself, but an aspect always has a very narrowed focus/awareness.
For these souls we do 'partial' retrievals. I think that any variations seen above could be due to catching up with her aspects, and/or as well as her whole self, possibly at different times in the progression of events.
Also, a soul who's not aware it has died in the physical will appear with all its life qualities, so a retriever might not quickly notice the difference.
Bets
Another situation can happen, although I doubt it did in this case, but it can lead to error--if we set our intent by requesting the person/soul by name and do so too quickly, we can end up with the wrong person! There is surely more than one Madeline McCann in the world.
Or I can feel a hesitation or hovering for a moment of confusion and then another take-off, as my Higher Self discovers my error.
Retrieving isn't completely error-proof, although we do get a lot of help from above to minimize any unwanted effects.