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"Pop? Pop?! POP?!"
Cyril groaned and penibly opened his eyes.
He was lying on the hotel's balcony, and Cedric was over him, worried.
"Cedric?"
"Pop, what are you doing on the balcony? I woke up and saw you lying there, what happened?!"
"I..."
Cyril thought back to all that happened. The incantation, the judgement, the growth.
I was right, it was all just a dream. ...No. When I did that incantation wasn't a dream, and the coin was glowing, I'm sure of it! And the judgement... It was far too personal, far too on the spot to be just a dream! But the growth... It was one... Or maybe... Maybe it was a vision? To allow me to try the coin without danger? Then...
Wordlessly, Cyril went back inside the room, and looked intently at the coin.
"Pop?"
Cyril didn't answer. He was focusing on the coin, on the vision, on how it felt...
And suddenly, the coin shone as brightly as it did on the balcony.
And he felt anew the sensation of growth.

Cedric stared in astonishment as he saw his father swell with muscle, grow bigger and stronger, surpass bodybuilders, rise taller and mightier...
Thankfully, that crazy growth spurt stopped before his head could even get close to the ceiling.
The younger aardvark watched, in complete flabbergastment, at the older aardvark flexed and felt his now monstrously humongous muscles, laughing and whooping in joy and pleasure, the coin in his hand still glowing.
"Pop?! You're... You're okay?!" stammered Cedric.
"I'm more than okay, Cedric!" exulted Cyril. "I feel GREAT!!!"

Art by  gepredators
Original here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/34785208/
Cyril and Cedric Sneer © Kevin Gillis