Makenna considers the settings she used on Mia last time. She now can see that the option she has set will change things to fit her current age not the other way around, but she's still not sure how to make her older again.
Looking over the dial that's currently set to Vocabulary, Makenna regarded the other options curiously. Obviously none of them would return Mia to normal, but Makenna at least told herself learning all possible functions effects would be helpful.
Makenna switches to the Knowledge option and conceals the gun under the table as she fires it at the oblivious Mia. The pink energy isn't as noticable as when physical changes occurred. Moments after it subsides, Makenna watches as Mia seems to suddenly struggle reading the menu and shift her eyes to the pictures.
"Hey Mia do you remember what we were learning about it in english class last week?"
Mia looks up and scrunches her face in thought for a moment, "Uhhhhh...the ABC's right? Why?"
"Yeah. No reason sorry just hard to think of what to talk about right now," Makenna quickly turns the dial to the Interests setting.
"Well we could talk about this show I'm watching..." Mia pauses for a moment as Makenna pulls the trigger, "...Paw Patrol."
Makenna listens with amusement as her friend relies the events of the cartoon as seriously as any normal subject they would discuss. That is until Makenna switches the dial to Mannerisms and fires. Suddenly Mia starts speaking in the excited chattering tone of a little girl.
After a the topic starts to grow annoying, Makenna's next option is Attention Span. After that all she has to do to end the conversation is ask the waitress taking their orders for a couple crayons for Mia to start the activities on her menu.
While Mia is quietly working her way through a maze, Makenna sets the dial to Manual Dextrity and fires. Mia's grip on the crayon shifts until her whole hand is tightly gripping it to allow her to draw her lines somewhat straight. A few moments later, Mia is growing visibly frustrated with the activity before Makenna tests the final option on the dial, Emotional Control, at which point Mia suddenly snaps the crayon in half.
"Stupid maze! How are little kids sposed to do this! I'm a big girl and can't figure it out!"
Before anyone can respond to the outburst, Makenna slips the gun back into her purse and gives Mia a comforting squeeze on the hand, "It's ok. You don't have to do it if it's too hard."
Almost immediately the girl calms down, "Ok! What are we gonna do after dinner?"
Makenna ponders that question for a moment. She should probably take Mia home and try to get her back to normal. But she's really curious to see how extensive Mia's new mentality is. Maybe a quick detour won't do any harm.