The next three days passed without much incident. Troy was glad to be able to sleep normally. It got his mom off his back about visiting the doctor. However, she’d seen a few pictures of Troy on social media performing the lake rescue and nagged him about that instead. Lizzie just rolled her eyes every time their mom raised the issue. Eventually she quit mentioning it, much to Troy’s relief. However, that coincided with the shrinking of his arm muscles and the return of the itchy-burning pains.
Troy tried flying again but gravity kept him firmly earthbound. Fortunately, Lizzie wasn’t around to witness his activities.
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Troy tried revisiting the lake, hung around the firehouse as much as Chief Bartlet would allow, walked the mall, but no one needed saving from the water or the flam
