Todd was surprised by how well she had taken the transformation. She looked like she was almost enjoying being a baby. He had expected wailing and screaming (which he could easily have handled by stopping time for everyone else but himself and his subject.)
Why not let her in on the secret? he thought. She’d make for an excellent assistant. And anyway, if she got to be a pain, he could just erase her memory.
He walked over to the baby next to her pile of adult clothes.
“You seem to be having an interesting day,” he said.
Frightened, she gazed up at him, seemingly a giant from her low perspective. “What? Hewp me!” she squeaked. “I don’t know whut happened, but I just tuwrned into a baby.”
He smiled and chuckled to himself, “Oh, I can help you. In fact, I’m the one who did it to you. My name is Todd.”
Her eyes went wide. Then she thought a moment and gave him an uncertain look, “Whut awre you?”
“Nothing dangerous or mystical, just your run-of-the-mill mischievous mad scientist. You looked like you might be a fun subject to test my new device on.”
He showed her the remote.
“It makes pepowe younger?” she asked.
“Actually, it can do just about anything you can imagine. For example…”