Yeah, it’s me. [Oh, fuck, he does sound old, doesn’t he, he sounds like his grandfather. Richie lets out another curse, suddenly remembering the stupid fucking shard—well, it thought it was funny, didn’t it? It knew what he meant when he said he wanted to swap to another age besides forty! This is fine. This is fine, he can switch back.] Just—give me a second, I think I caught that weird shit going around. I’ll switch back.

[All the rest of the weird shit had worn off in time. Surely this will too. Right? He shuts his eyes and concentrates.

Opens his eyes again.]

Oh, fuck, it didn’t work.