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The Awful Truth

As you and Albert walk back to your place, you shiver. Your shorts and t-shirt offer little protection from the cold.

"You all right?" the gator asks.

"I don't know," you answer. "Tell me, Albert. What happened to those other guys, the ones who used magic to get big?"

Albert pauses. "The lucky ones returned to normal a day or two later," he finally says.

"And the unlucky ones?" you persist.

The gator sighs. "There was this one guy, a tiger morph. One day he showed up with two, maybe three, times the muscle mass he'd had the week before. He said he'd been working out on his own, but Jake and I were suspicious. Anyway, he spent the whole day showing off -- posing, wrestling, bench-pressing. Everyone was impressed. But then, all of a sudden, he just sort of...shrank."

"Shrank?" you echo.

"Yeah," Albert says reluctantly. "He shriveled up into a ninety-pound weakling. Right in front of us. No one's seen him since."

You shiver again--but not from the cold.


Written by Funny Animal

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