[Original Author: Power and Lust]

Alice’s tiny head buzzed with irrational thoughts. Being tiny is so awe-inspiring and adventurous, it’s better than being full-sized! No, but surely the virus was a curse, and she should be grateful to regain her height and humanity. But why? Things are simple here. There’s food enough for a tiny bug. Don’t get stepped on. You could survive for weeks. Months. Forever…

She startles from her reverie as a notification appears on her digital camera. TRANSFER SHRINKTECH PERMISSIONS? She bites her lip and looks up, so far up, to see the face of Eliot staring down at her, eyebrow raised quizzically. He was truly titanic. But imagine…he could be more…

YES

Accepting the terms of the security request gave Alice a thrill of liberation. Now this is a real adventure! She gazed up adoringly at the man she had come to idolize. Now her life was really in his hands…

Suddenly Alice becomes aware of the camera feeling heavier in her hands. Is it growing…no, she’s shrinking again! She wasn’t ready…oh, how tiny will I become? She drops the device to the floor and watches it expand, more and more…The full reality of her decision hits home when she sees her camera outgrow her, than tower over her. That was her last connection with humanity. And now it’s an unassailable fortress…

She would have to rely much more completely on the graces of Eliot. She looks up and away from the comparatively puny camera to behold the full majesty of her new god.