A lot closer than you'd think

"My feet? Well I should be able to them a bit easier now." she said glancing under the desk. ""Not from this angle though. Hey, my clothes still fit, that's cool. What about my feet?" "I dunno: stand up for a minute." I said. Karyn turned and hopped off the lab stool. Hopped off? In homeroom, her toes should just scuff the floor. Karen cocked her head and looked \[i\]up\[i/\] at my chin. "Oh, shit." she said half an octave above her usual vocie. Then she tried to hop back up; one hand clutching the stone, she nearly knocked the stool over in the process. "Might want to pack an oxygen mask for the next climb." came a voice from the back of the room. Sarah. Karyn's knuckles went white. She whispered something, but I couldn't hear it. I felt it though, though not as strongly as before: she'd just triggered the stone. "Karyn, what did you just say?" I asked as the bell rang.