A gigantic hand scoops you up off the ground where you lay; you realize you fit snugly into its palm, making you more or less an inch tall. You think. You didn't get to the "measuring" unit in school yet.
A powerful sense of vertigo brings the taste of bile into your throat and sets your head a-spin as you're lifted up; you close your eyes, letting it come and pass. When you open your eyes again, you are face-to-face with your cousin's... well... face. His mouth is slightly agape as he looks at you, his warm breath washing over you when he exhales. He inhales and you can feel the rush of air against your body as it's sucked into his mouth. When he speaks his voice is small, tight and scared, even though it's deafening to you: "Did... did I do this...?"
You curl up in Connor's hand, clutching at the amulet around your neck. It's still warm with residual heat from the blast. It sets in--this is real. This isn't just a dream. "I-I think you did," you say slowly. "Or, I guess, we both did it."
Connor's lip quivers; his wide eyes are watery. "I didn't m-mean to!!"
You hold your hands out, rushing to reassure him. "No no, Connor, it's ok! Don't--don't cry. Ok? I'm ok, see, I'm not hurt at all!" You stand up shakily on the soft surface of his palm, doing a little pirouette. "Ta-da! I'm fine!"
This seems, briefly, to reassure him, but his eyebrows furrow, as other concerns run through his mind. Perhaps the same ones running through yours. Is there any way to change you back? Or are you stuck like this? Forever? How are you supposed to live when you're the size of a bug, and as small and fragile as one? Being a tiny person sounds like fun in storybooks, but right now you're just scared.
(Of course, neither of you has any inkling of the amulets' true power or purpose...)
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