The Device
Mr. Pensky kept wriggling his new grub body, trying to grasp the inner workings of having this tube-shape, squat, ugly form as his own. He squirmed so much that he plunged right off the side of the desk.
Despite the enormous drop to the floor, he didn't seem injured. His little grub body hardly even seemed bruised. He realized, with no enthusiasm, he must simply be too small to injure himself due to a fall from what was only a few feet.
He still found travel difficult and exhausting. He'd squirmed only a few inches across the floor after a half hour of trying.
"This is crazy..."
He didn't have time to expand on the thought.
The door across the vast room opened. In walked Tommy.
"Yes!" The tiny grub rejoiced.
...as well as one other person. Another teenager loomed over everything in the room. From the tiny grub's perspective, the other giant was every bit as large and frightening as Tommy.
They both stomped across the room in vibrant new sneakers.
Despite the enormous drop to the floor, he didn't seem injured. His little grub body hardly even seemed bruised. He realized, with no enthusiasm, he must simply be too small to injure himself due to a fall from what was only a few feet.
He still found travel difficult and exhausting. He'd squirmed only a few inches across the floor after a half hour of trying.
"This is crazy..."
He didn't have time to expand on the thought.
The door across the vast room opened. In walked Tommy.
"Yes!" The tiny grub rejoiced.
...as well as one other person. Another teenager loomed over everything in the room. From the tiny grub's perspective, the other giant was every bit as large and frightening as Tommy.
They both stomped across the room in vibrant new sneakers.