Astra's Retrogression

"Twenty-two," Astra replied.

"You look about nineteen now."

"I've got to stop this! Would drinking any of the other potions help?"

"I doubt it. As I said, I don't know what any of them do."

The man seemed to have grown a little taller. The seventeen year-old seeming Astra looked at him eye to eye, where formerly she had been the taller. "Then what can I do?" she asked, trying not to panic.

"There might be something in the library that would help," the man replied.

"Of course! That's where Fred - he's my companion on this quest - has gone."

"I'd better go with you. A young thing like you shouldn't be out in these caves on her own."

"Don't patronise me, dammit," Astra snapped, looking up at him. "I might look only fifteen, but mentally I'm unchanged. But I'd be glad of your company, just in case I get so young that it would be hard to defend myself should I encounter anything."

By the time they reached their destination, thankfully Astra's change seemed to have stopped. She now appeared to be about:

1. Fourteen.
2. Eleven.
3. Three.
4. Eight months, and was being carried in the man's arms. She could no longer co-ordinate her limbs well enough to walk, and even controlling her mouth and tongue sufficiently to speak clearly was very difficult.

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