Jeff pulled up his fathers saved profile and retyped his transformation spelling genie correctly this time.
After clicking submit the emitter chirped and Jeannie rapidly transformed from a teenage girl back to Jeff's middle aged father. The only difference was the gold bracers which now adorned his wrists.
"Dad? You OK? How do you feel?" Jeff asked cautiously.
The dazed look passed after a second and Mike smiled. "I think I'm good son." with a flourish a full length mirror materialized, with another Mike regressed to 25 and changed his average build to muscular, and finally he waved his arms across his body and the t-shirt and jeans he was wearing became a tailored suit... "Oh yeah, I'm good." He finished with a chuckle.
"Wow Dad, that was... you look amazing! What's it like being a Genie?"
"I have this power and I just know how to use it... and I know..." Mike's face fell as he realized for the first time the multitudes of knowledge afforded to beings that can alter reality at will. New laws of nature came into play, knowledge of things beyond time and eternally hungry were suddenly intimately known to Mike. Instinctively Mike recoiled and retreated into his bottle.
"Dad!" Jeff cried reaching for the bottle and rubbing it.
"Yes Master, I am here to do your bidding, what is your wish?" Mike reappeared. Mike had stopped time in his bottle and came to terms with all he now knew of the multiverse... there were rules he had to follow and one of those was that he couldn't share these secrets with humans, he and whoever learned of the secrets would be erased if he chose to do so.
"Dad, what happened, are you okay?" Jeff asked
"Yeah, I was overwhelmed for a second and forgot that when I get worked up, my new instinct is to retreat to the bottle." Mike gave a reassuring smile and chuckle. "So, Master, you ready to let me take these powers for a spin?"