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Speaker 1: Hello, friends from across the nation and around the world.

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I'm Martin, and you are listening to Dad's Bedtime Stories,

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the podcast that takes a listener ideas and turns them

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into bedtime stories. Let's see what we have today here

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in the old voicemail by.

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Speaker 2: My name is Kiara, and I would like this story

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where Spaceship makes this new invention where you could turn

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small things into fess and big things into small things,

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and you use it and you accidentally shrink yourself and

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you have to find a way to make yourself bigger

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than thanks. I love your podcast.

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Speaker 1: By thank you, Kiara, And I mean honestly, I imagine

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that not everybody has listened to every single episode of Spaceship,

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But I think the ability to shrink things and make

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them big again is already an established device that Spaceship has.

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So I've adapted things just a little bit because that's

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the case, But otherwise I believe I can make that story.

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where no ads will be added. But if you're okay

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with ads, here's one more, the last one I'll play

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right before the story begins. Now it's time to get

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as comfy as you can in that bed, close your eyes,

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and imagine yourself doing what the kid in the story does.

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Imagine yourself waking up on spaceship. You get out of

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your little spaceship bed, You stretch your arms and legs,

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and you head out to the main part of the ship.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Spaceship.

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Speaker 1: You say, good morning, I am detecting an interesting planet,

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one with very unusual life signatures. Spaceship says, there are

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many animals, very cool animals actually, however, they are largely

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very small. How small you ask, small small, Spaceship says,

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possibly even tiny, inconveniently tiny. On the screen, a planet appears.

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It's green and blue, with huge forests, and you know,

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sparkling rivers, clouds, that sort of thing. Then Spaceship zooms

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in on the forest to a tree, and then even

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more to a branch, and then even more to a leaf.

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Something flies past the camera. It looks like a dragon fly,

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but brighter and more colorful, with shiny wings that are

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kind of like blue and silver. Another creature crawls across

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the bar. It looks like an ant, except it has

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tiny pieces of armor along its back, like real man

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made or possibly ant made armor. Then something glides through

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the leaves. It looks like a miniature dragon, a very

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very small dragon. All right, that looks awesome, you say,

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I thought you might enjoy it, says spaceship. There appear

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to be entire civilizations of bug like creatures, possibly sentient,

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possibly friendly, possibly not friendly, possibly the sort of creatures

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who build tiny bridges across large gaps in the ground.

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All right, well, that sounds worth checking out, I agree,

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space ship says, Setting course instantly, you jump to super

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hyper drive. The stars stretch around you as spaceship speeds

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forward at incredible speed. Soon you stop in front of

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the planet. You grab a hold of the controls and

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sit down in the command's chair. You point the spaceship

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straight down towards the planet and push forward on the throttle.

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You blast through the atmosphere, drop below the clouds. When crack,

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there's a sudden, large banging noise as lightning strikes the ship.

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You honestly didn't even notice a storm. The lights flicker,

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and Changer, still in his little earth dog form, pops

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his head up to look around. Nothing to worry about,

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Spaceship says, I believe my systems have absorbed the shock.

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No problems. Another small spark jumps across the ceiling. Hmm,

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maybe small problems, Spaceship says. Either way, you continue to

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fly the ship down. It seems to handle about the

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same and well. You glide over a forest so thick

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it looks like a green ocean. The trees are enormous,

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their leaves overlap vines hanging between branches. Flowers bloom and

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very bright colors, and Spaceship lands in a clearing with

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a soft little thump outside the window. The world looks

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well wild, but a lot tiny little shapes buzz and

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flutter everywhere. Shapes so tiny you can barely see them now,

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says Spaceship. Because the local animals are extremely small, Proper

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exploration may require an adjustment. What kind of adjustment you ask,

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I will use my re seismatizer, says Spaceship proudly. You're

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what my resismatizer one of my built in functions. It

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can make big things small and small things big. It

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is easy and very basic. It hardly ever goes wrong. Well,

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that doesn't sound particularly reassuring. You have been resized inside

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spaceship many times, and well, I'm pretty sure you remember

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him using something like a resize ties are before. Ah,

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all right, you say. The back hatch opens and warm

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air drifts in. It smells like, well, like a forest,

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like leaves, dirt, and flowers. You step down the ramp.

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The world outside is incredible. Trees tower above you, their

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trunks twist upward, and little spirals huge roots curl out

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of the ground like kind of like snakes, while the

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rest of the forest floor is covered in grass and everywhere.

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Bugs fly and crawl and leap. But they're not normal bugs.

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They're kind of beautiful, honestly. Dragonfly like creatures float past

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with their glassy and colorful wings. Tiny fly like creatures

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with round, shiny bodies buzz and circles watching you. A

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little creature that looks like a dragon the size of

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your thumb flaps past, trailing a little puff of smoke.

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None of them even try to bite you or attack you.

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They just fly around, all curious and careful, as if

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a giant has stepped into their garden. Which to them

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you you are. You are absolutely a giant. Are you

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ready to become closer to their size?

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Speaker 3: You take a breath? Ready, you say?

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Speaker 1: A panel opens on spaceship side, and a little ray

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gun folds out, turns and points at you.

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Speaker 3: Ah, that does look.

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Speaker 1: A little ray gunny, You say, it is a ray gun,

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Spaceship says, but a helpful one, the re seismatizer. Please

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stand still. A beam of blue white light shoots out

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and hits you. It tingles, and the grass around your

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boots begins to grow taller. Or well, I guess it

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doesn't grow taller. You grow smaller. The ramp rises above you,

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Spaceship's landing legs stretch upward like huge metal towers, and

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a flower near by becomes the size of a, well,

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a skyscraper. Then you see a spark of lightning pass

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through spaceship systems. The beam flickers, the lights stutter. Oh no,

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says Spaceship's much larger, much louder voice. That is not

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your favorite thing to hear. The shrinking finishes all at once,

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the beam shuts off and spaceship goes completely dark. The

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hatch stays open above you, but now it's super high,

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like the entrance to a giant metal cave. Uh, spaceship,

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you say, You tap your watch and try again, Spaceship,

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are you there? Nothing answers. You press the button on

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your watch, causing your armor to fold out around your body.

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The armor is extremely high tech and provides protection in

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both the offense and defense for you. You simply think

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about flying, and you float up into the air. Only unfortunately,

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the wind hits you at that point, a powerful gust

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of wind, or well at least powerful for your current size.

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You're not sure what it would feel like if you

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were your normal size. You try to push against the

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wind using your thrusters, but it's simply too powerful. You

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tumble through the air, spinning past grass blades as tall

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as trees. You try to grab one, but miss. You

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bounce off a leaf and sail straight into the branches

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of a tree, a tree that would probably look small

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at your normal size, except now it's huge. You're caught

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in a fork between two branches. You look off in

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the distance and see that you are very very far

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away from the ship, at least for your current size.

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You attempt to fly up in the air again. You

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push forward with the blasters on your feet, pushing against

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the wind as hard as you can, but still the

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wind pushes back. You can barely make any progress at all.

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You slowly lower yourself down towards the ground beneath the grass,

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and the wind stops. Here you're able to actually float

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around and fly. Oh well, I guess flying's not going

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to work, you say, so you begin to walk at

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this size. Each blade of grass that surrounds you looks

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like a gigantic green wall. Drops of dew hanging from

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the stems look like crystal balls, tiny roots to whist

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across the dirt like ropes, and every bebble is well

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a boulder. You push through the grass, keeping Spaceship's gigantic

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silver shape in sight wherever you go, which actually isn't

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that hard because it looks huge from here. Soon you

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see something move ahead of you. A creature steps from

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behind a root. It looks like an ant only it's

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very very large compared to you. It's about the size

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of a horse. It has dark red armor plates, shiny

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black eyes, and two antenna The twitch in your direction.

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You raise your arm, and a small blaster folds out

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from your suit. Stay back, you say. The ant freezes,

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and then it speaks, oh, sorry, hello, I did not

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mean to surprise you.

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Speaker 3: You lower your blaster a little.

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Speaker 1: You can talk, of course, I can talk, says the ant.

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Speaker 3: The names Antoine.

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Speaker 1: You're telling me that you're an ant named Antwine, Yes,

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says Antoine proudly. It's a strong name. My mother liked

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the sound of it. Uh, okay, I guess that's fair.

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Antoine looks you up and down. You are a very

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strange creature, he says, uh, yeah, well I'm normally bigger.

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Speaker 3: Well that's a very strange thing to say.

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Speaker 1: Antoine replies, well, to be fair, it's been a very

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strange day, you say. Antoine looks towards spaceship in the distance.

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Did you come from the giant Silver Mountain?

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Speaker 3: Yes? I did.

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Speaker 1: That's actually my ship. I kind of got shut down

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and I need to get back to it. Antoine's antennae

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twitch with interest. The Silver Mountain is your ship, yes,

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you say, Then you must be the giant, although you

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don't look particularly giant right now. Now I was the giant.

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Now I'm more kind of like a tiny lost person,

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I guess, Antoine considers this. I see, well, my village

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is halfway to the Silver Mountain. I can take you there.

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Our tunnels are faster than walking through the grass. You

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look at Spaceship, then back at Antoine. Uh, all right,

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Antoine crouches slightly, as if offering for you to ride

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on his back. You want me to ride on your back?

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You say, why not, I'll be much faster than your

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tiny little legs can take us. Okay, you climb onto

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his back and grip onto two smooth armor ridges. Hold on,

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says Antoine, and then he moves very, very quickly. He

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races across the dirt, under roots, between stones, and into

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a small tunnel hidden beneath a little curled leaf. The

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tunnel slope downward into the ground. The walls glow softly

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with little dots of golden fungus. You speed through the

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underground passage. Other ants about the same size hurry past,

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carrying seeds, leaves, crumbs, bits of bark, and well other

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things you can't identify. They move like they're all part

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of one giant creature, one giant idea that's communicated between

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them telepathically or something. The tunnel soon opens into well,

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into a village. Tiny homes are carved into packed earth.

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Bridges made of roots cross little streams. There are carts, ramps,

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storage rooms, and glowing little mushrooms look like lanterns. Ants

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move everywhere, working together, talking, building, carrying things, repairing things,

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even selling things. A little ant stands, this is incredible.

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Speaker 3: You say, welcome to Antonia.

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Speaker 1: Oh wait, the village is named after you, No, says Antoine.

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Many of us named Antoine. It could get confusing, but

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we manage. Several ants nearby wave hello, Antwin, They call

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hey Antoine. Another calls back. You're starting to understand the confusion.

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Antoine brings you to a little open square where ants

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gather around. They start staring at you as well friendly curiosity.

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You explain as simply as you can that you're from

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the giant ship, that you were shrunk down by accident,

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and that you need to get back to it to

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well restart it. The Antoines whisper excitedly. Then you hear

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the buzzing of wings overhead. It sounds kind of like

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a helicopter. You look up to see what looks like

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a giant dragon fly swoop down into the village and

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land on one of the raised roots.

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Speaker 3: He's long and sleek, with bright green and blue.

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Speaker 1: Armor, huge shining eyes, and wings that shimmer.

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Speaker 3: He folds them in behind him.

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Speaker 1: Antwine, he says, you will not believe what has landed

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in the clearing. A giant silver mountain and a giant creature,

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A true living giant stepped out before disappearing. Where Draco,

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you may not believe this, but this here is the giant.

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The dragonfly looks at you, then at Antoine, and then

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back at you. That is not a giant. I shrank,

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you say. Draco leans closer and stares at you. That

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is unfortunate, I agree, you say, but also interesting. I

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also agree. Antoine quickly explains everything that happened, and Draco

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listens carefully. So you need to reach the silver ship,

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Draco says. And you cannot fly like I can. I

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can fly. That the wind threw me into a tree.

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I didn't really expect the wind to be so strong

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around here. Ah, you don't understand the currents. You tried

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flying against the currents. It sounds like you cannot fight

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the air when you are this size. You must ride

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with it like a river. So the air is like

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a river exactly. Different currents move in different directions. Some

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are low, some are high, Some twist between the trees.

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Just because you cannot see them does not mean they

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are not there. You must go with the flow, he explains, Ah,

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got it, Well, maybe I can try that out. I

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think it is better if I show you. Perhaps you

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would like a ride. Draco flies down onto the ground

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in front of you and ducks as low as he can.

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You climb carefully onto Draco's back. Antoine walks beside you

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to the tunnel exit. Well, uh, good luck, Antoine says,

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try not to be eaten by anything. Thanks, you say.

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Draco spreads his wings and then he leaps. The two

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of you shoot upwards through a gap in the grass.

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Wind grabs you immediately, but Draco doesn't fight against it.

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He turns his wings slightly, and instead of being thrown away,

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you slide into the current. The ride is incredible. The

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grass becomes a green canyon beneath you. Drops of dew

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flash like stars, and Draco rises into another current, then

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dips through a spinning pocket of air and catches a

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faster stream moving towards your ship. See, he says. The

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air knows where it wants to go. You must simply

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ride the wave. You look ahead. Spaceship is now closer,

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still huge and dark, but closer. Then you hear a

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strange screeching noise behind you. Small shapes burst from the leaves,

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small shapes that look like tiny dragons, or well, from

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this current perspective, very large dragons, long bodies, sharp wings,

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little horns, and glowing eyes. At first you think that

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they might just be curious, like the others. Then one

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of them breathes fire. Fire breathing bug dragons. A tiny

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blast of flames streaks past your helmet.

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Speaker 3: Uh, Draco, you.

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Speaker 1: Shout, I see them bothersome creatures. The dragon creatures fly

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into formation around you. Their leader is dark purple and

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has little sparks glowing in its throat. Give us the giant,

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it snarls, the sky back, claims the strange thing. Draco

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twists away from another blast of flame. The giant is

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under my protection. That was the wrong answer, growls the leader,

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and I'll at once the dragon's attack. Draco dives as

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fire flashes overhead. You grab on tight with one hand

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while you raise the other. A panel slides open in

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your suit arm your ice blaster folds out. Hey, I

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think I'm gonna cool things down here, you say, and

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then you fire. A blast of ice shoots from your

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arm and hits one of the dragons square in the chest.

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Frost spreads over its wings and it tumbles backward, lapping

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wildly until it catches on to a leaf. Another dives

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from above, and you fire again. A blast of icy

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energy streaks through the air. The dragon dodges, but Draco

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rolls sideways, giving you a better angle. You fire again,

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an ice explodes into the dragon's face. It veers away,

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sneezing smoke as it slowly floats down towards the ground.

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The others continue to chase. Draco shoots upward into a

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rising current, then suddenly drops out of it. Your stomach

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feels like it's floating in your throat For a minute.

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Fire blasts cross where you were a second ago. They're

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still behind us. You shout. Not for long, says Draco.

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He aims straight for a tree, A jag gigantic tree,

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bigger than a skyscraper. A huge trunk fills your view.

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Speaker 3: Draco.

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Speaker 1: The bark has holes in it, Tiny tunnels twist through

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the wood. He folds his wings slightly and dives into

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one of the openings. You shoot into darkness. Draco twists

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through the tunnel at impossible speeds, left, right, down, up,

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around a little noot, through a little crack, and h

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out another hole. The little dragons try to follow, but well,

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Draco is just too nimple, and he seems to know

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his way through this particular tree. He bursts out of

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the tree into open air again, and only two dragons remain.

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Two that well didn't try to follow him through the

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tree in the first place, but instead it flew around it.

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You turn and fire two icy blasts. One goes wide,

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the other hits a hanging leaf above them. The leaf

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snaps down, covered in frost, and the dragons crash straight

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into it. Draco catches a final current towards Spaceship.

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Speaker 3: There he calls the.

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Speaker 1: Open hatch looms above the ground like a gigantic cave mouth.

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Draco angles up, catches a lifting current beside one of

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Spaceship's landing legs, and glides up through the hatch. Inside

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the wind disappears, and everything is enormous. The floor stretches

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like a huge metal field. The walls rise like towers,

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The seats look like mountains, the control console looks like

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a city of little buttons. You point over towards the

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control console and Draco lands on the edge of it.

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His giant eyes widen as you climb off.

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Speaker 3: Of his back.

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Speaker 1: So this is your ship, yes, you say, it seems

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unnecessarily large. To be fair, I'm normally much larger myself.

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You hop off of his back and run across the console.

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Buttons tower around you. Some glow softly, but most are dark.

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You know that spaceship has a reset button somewhere. You

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continue to climb over the ridges through the control panel

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until you finally find a large red button that says

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system reset. Perfect, you say, and then you jump onto

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the button, but nothing happens. Apparently you're far too light.

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You jump again, and still nothing. I'm gonna need a

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little more haf to this, you say. You place your

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hands down on the ground and lift your feet up

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in the air as if you're doing a handstand.

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Speaker 3: All at once.

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Speaker 1: You activate your thrusters and push down on the button

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as hard as you can. Eventually, the button finally clicks

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into place. You hear a strange well series of jingling

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noises as Spaceship boots back up systems re initialized. Interesting,

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it seems I had some sort of electrical overload. Where

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did you if you go, Spaceship says, you lift up

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your watch, press the button and speak into it. I'm

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down here, Spaceship on the control panel. You kind of

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made me tiny and then disappeared there for a second. Interesting. Well,

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I believe we should probably correct that quickly. Please fly

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over to the marked spot on the floor. A little

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glowing circle appears on the floor. You fly up into

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the air and drop down towards it. Draco follows beside you. Well, buddy,

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I think I'm about to be a giant again. Thanks

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for your help, but you might want to get out

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of here, understood, Draco says. He buzzes up into the

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air and out the back of the ship. A panel

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opens and spaceship ceiling a very similar looking ray gun

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folds out and blasts you with a blue light. Your

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body feels kind of tingly again, and slowly everything starts

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to get smaller, or well, you start to get bigger.

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Speaker 3: Anyways.

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Speaker 1: Before long you're back to your normal size, and the

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ship doesn't seem like a giant cavern anymore. Thanks spaceship.

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Next time we shrink me down, Let's make sure your

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systems are actually okay, okay, understood. Initializing takeoff, the back

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hatch closes behind you. The ship starts to hummed to

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life and lifts up into the air once again. You

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head over to the couch down, place your head on

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the pillow, and begin to focus on your breath, noticing

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your stomach rise and fall, and with each breath, your

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muscles let go of a little bit more tension. With

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each breath, you sink down deeper and deeper into the couch,

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and slowly your mind begins to wander off to thoughts

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of new dreams and new adventures to come.

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Speaker 4: Good night, everyone name.

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Speaker 5: Them in New York Union, No no thing, no.

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Speaker 6: Mo M one one mo

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