[IC - update post]

[actualizedname]

 [Earlier this morning a tiny teenaged boy went out to explore ruins in camp.

Some time later, said tiny teenager reappears at the outskirts of camp, eleven inches taller, thirteen years older and very confused.]

Somehow, I think I'm lost.

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[emergencyration]

How tall are you now?

[actualizedname]

Five eleven. I'm taller than you expected, I assume.

[emergencyration]

Y-yeah.

[actualizedname]

I always remembered you as being taller than me. It's strange, how memory plays tricks on you.

[emergencyration]

[—laughs a little at that]

Maybe in thirteen years, I will be.

[actualizedname]

We'll have to see.

[emergencyration]

Mm.

[actualizedname]

[yep. We're at the mess hall, making tea]

[emergencyration]

[tea would be good, yes]

[actualizedname]

[this sure is done very careful and deliberate tea making]

[emergencyration]

. . . Do you want me to do it?

[actualizedname]

No, but thank you.

[emergencyration]

[ . . . Maybe I shouldn't have offered. ]

Mm.

[actualizedname]

Everything's just as I remembered. It's quite a surprise.

[emergencyration]

That's a good thing?

[actualizedname]

Yes. Yes, it is a very good thing.

[emergencyration]

I'm glad.

[actualizedname]

I'm sorry I alarmed you.

[emergencyration]

[shakes his head]

It's not like it's your fault.

[actualizedname]

I know that, but I still startled you.

[emergencyration]

. . . It's fine. Really.