The second squeeze, Karia was ready for...using as much of her power to keep the hand from crushing her in it's tight grasp as she could.  It still hurt a little and so it seemed her mum was still in control of the tiny Karia much to the sixteen year old girl's dismay.  If only she was a little bigger, she could get full control of the situation...even ten inches might be enough, but she wasn't sure what calibration the gun was currently set on and without that information she couldn't do a thing.  It was then Juliette held Karia to her glistening mouth...the cooked breakfast that Natasha put together for her back home, now sitting cold on the table.  She mentioned about eating the girl since she had nothing to eat already and Karia let out a slight whimper as she was moved closer to the parted lips.<br/>"No mum, please don't swallow me again."  She begged...as her mum stopped briefly.  Karia had to think fast...how could she avoid this?  "Um....I can't do much of my school work if you swallow me right?"  She said in a nervous pleading tone...though they both knew that the likely hood of Karia actually getting on with any work was practically zero.  "You can always get some food from the canteen and because of what I did you caught another criminal."  Karia continued, trying to outline points that might work in her favour of not getting swallowed again...it was bad enough the first time.<br/><br/>The machine was functioning fine, a few damaged connections, but nothing serious.  Once it was checked over, the scientists vacated the chamber.<br/>"So...if Miss Natasha is inside there then she's so small nobody can see her, would you like us to set the chamber growth to a hundred or a thousand times?"  One of the scientists asked Juliette.<br/><br/>((This will determine whether Tabitha becomes 8.9 centimeters tall or 89 centimeters...feel free to specify another growth value if you wish.  Natasha is no longer in the chamber and has already restored herself, but I'm going to have her arrive at your location just after the chamber is reactivated.))