A brief instant after the device activated, Eric's
disorientation cleared and he gazed around
the laboratory in awe and wonder. Everything
looked six times larger than normal.
He stood about a foot tall. He approached the
edge of the platform. There was a six foot drop
to the floor from the edge of the circular
platform.
"It works!" Eric exclaimed in a high-pitched but
excited voice.
His desk in the distance looked as big as a
house. He could hardly wait to run even more
tests.
A low hum alerted him. He had programmed
the device to emit a restorative beam exactly
forty-five seconds after the shrinking process
had been completed.
He turned to face the device's focusing lens,
which loomed about 50 feet overhead. The
lens began to flow a pale green that increased
in brightness.
Suddenly, there was a loud "Pop!" and some
shards of glass rained down on him,
shattering again as they impacted the
platform's surface and the tile floor.
The crucial focusing lens had shattered.
Overhead, the energy that should have
restored him to his normal height of six foot
two inches flashed and dispersed
ineffectively.
Eric cursed himself for failing to consider
every possibility. Now, he was stuck at 12
inches tall until he could replace the broken
lens and reprogram the device.
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