Unknown to Jon, several hours passed. To him it felt like a few seconds, but quickly the darkness around him gave way to a hallway at school. He looked up to see Karyn and Sarah standing off against each other. Neither was saying anything out loud, but the two were staring each other down, hands on hips. The two girls had always been about the same height, and now that Karyn's bust and hair matched Sarah's, the image before Jon looked almost like one girl in front of a mirror. Save, of course, for their diverging outfits. Karyn was wearing her standard T-shirt and jeans, while Sarah's outfit was quite a bit racier.
Jon decided that this situation needed some more nuance than the last. He crept closer to the two, careful to be silent and remain unnoticed. Then, when he felt he was within earshot, he whispered "Sarah is shorter."
This time the reaction was immediate, if subtle. Sarah blinked. Jon didn't notice anything else, though, so he focused a bit, finding a point of reference: their noses were precisely level with one another. Then he whispered again. "Sarah is shorter."
Sarah's expression weakened a bit, but Jon was more focused on her nose than the rest of her face. The tip was now level with Karyn's lips. Jon's heart began to beat faster, as he repeated his mantra. "Sarah is shorter." Now her nose was below Karyn's chin. Jon could see Karyn leaning somewhat into Sarah, and he could see Sarah yielding.
"Sarah is shorter." Now the top of her head was level with Karyn's chin. They were still looking each other in the eye, but now Sarah had to crane her neck a bit to do so. Her posture shifted a bit, and her hands slipped off of her hips. Now Karyn's figure was clearly dominating the exchange. So Jon went farther.
"Sarah's got acne," he whispered. And suddenly, she did. Jon felt like the more he experimented, the more control he could have over a dream, with less effort. Now the fresh-faced Karyn was standing off against a significantly shorter, significantly less confident, and significantly pimplier Sarah. She leaned in further, and Sarah reacted by shifting her weight onto one foot, rubbing her right arm with her left, and looking downwards.
She'd broken eye contact. Karyn won. Then the scene began to fade again, just like the last one, first to sepia, then to black.
