"Hey!"

 

That was all the befuddled master could yell out Dissolution Wand had already started to work its magic. The already short alchemist found everything around her grow larger. Glancing behind granted her the rare sight of watching herself grow larger before her own eyes, a sight that wasn't entirely unwelcome. Ultimately, and thankfully, it did come to a stop. Cagliostro's line of sight had been reduced to be on level with her own workdesk.

 

"Hehee~ Impressed? You should be exactly half your size. I'm really starting to get the hang of this!"

 

Cagliostro simply glared upwards at her copperheaded ditz of an apprentice. It wasn't an uncommon occurance, but the angle had never been this steep before.

 

"Oh, it is impressive alright. But what is most impressive is your ambition for a test subject. You couldn't have picked a more adorable and dangerous one."

 

She snapped her fingers.

 

"..."

 

Almost without missing a beat, she added:

 

"Well? Aren't you going to restore me already?"

 

"Ahaha... well, you know how I love watching you do alchemy. I was hoping that you'd do it!"

 

Clarisse grasped her hands together as her smile creeped ever so wider. A moment of silence, brief yet strong, lingered in the air.

 

"...Clarisse. It's important that we establish that everything about this tool functions as it should. Now be a good girl and-- hey!"

 

The master's plead was cut short by her apprentice, having already holstered the wand and walked up to her. Her two hands wrapped around good majority of Cagliostro's diminutive torso, and her thin arms weren't strained the slightest from raising her off the ground.

 

"Hehee~ You really are like a Harvin now. I think you might even look cuter this way, y'know."

 

She cheerfully swung her master around in the air as the latter struggled and cursed at her in ways that had been long forgotten by modern society.

 

"Hmmm... Or maybe you're smaller than a Harvin. Wouldn't that be crazy?"

 

"The only crazy anything here is you!"

 

Cagliostro groaned in frustration as she changed gears. She skipped straight over the cute act that would have come next, knowing that it wouldn't work on Clarisse, and went for the truth.

 

"Fine then. Your existential dissolution has managed to cut me off from my alchemical method. Most impressive, as expected from my apprentice. And if you return me back to normal this instant, I will promise that you will not incur my wrath."

 

How does Clarisse respond?