Jim sat down at one of the smaller tables in the middle of the food court of the busy shopping mall. It was the middle of summer, so there were a lot of parents out there taking their kids to the mall, buying new clothes before the start of the new school year. Jim was just looking out for some new people to try his cool, new, magical balloon on. He was just dying to perhaps grow some muscles on some skinny dude. He just loved having that kind of power, all thanks to this cool balloon!
Jim became focused on a 5 year old boy sitting on the bench alone. Then Jim spotted his mother talking to the other moms a few tables away, occasionally glancing back to make sure he was okay. Perfect, Jim thought.
First, Jim blew up the balloon and said "Control everyone else's awareness of changes". He let all of the air out of the balloon, ensuring no one would notice the changes he was about to do.
Well first, Jim thought, he's a little young. "Control that boy's age" he whispered. Jim took a deep breath and blew into the balloon.
At once the boy grew a few inches taller, but otherwise didn't look that different. Jim estimated he probably was about 7 or 8. He took another deep breath and blew hard. Again, the boy grew a bit, aging to around 9 this time. He still didn't notice anything was amiss since Jim had controlled his awareness, but he did look kind of funny in clothes the size of a 5 year olds. Sighing, Jim let all of the air out and the boy shrunk back to 5 years old. "Release" Jim said, and then after a moment, "Control that boy's age and the size of his clothes". He blew into it again, and this time as the boy grew back to 7 years old his clothes grew with him. Of course, they stayed in a 5 year old's style but Jim didn't really care to change it again.
Blowing into the balloon again, the boy aged up to 9 really nicely. One more deep breath, and he hit 11, growing to almost Jim's height. In fact... Jim paused, then let enough of the air out to bring the boy back to nine. "Release' he said, "control that boy's age and size, and the size of his clothes". Curious what would happen now, Jim blew into the balloon again.
This time, as the boy aged to 11, he seemed to have hit a growth spurt. In fact, when Jim stopped blowing, the 11 year old was now an inch taller than Jim's old height despite having been a few inches under Jim's height before.
Now very curious what would happen, Jim blew into the balloon again. Once again, the boy grew relatively quickly, hitting almost six feet tall at his age of around 12 and a half years. One more... Jim thought, and blew into the balloon.
Once again, the boy's head seemed to shoot up. He easily cleared a couple of inches past six feet and was nearing six and a half, towering over Jim's new height too! The 14 year old seemed a bit dazed, but otherwise unaffected.
"Release" Jim whispered in awe, wondering what else he could do...