( he's still not convinced he's not the normal-sized one here but an idea strikes him — )

Wait — what if I just go back the way I came? I wasn't tiny in the prison cells. Maybe it works like, ah... ( he snaps his gross, bloody fingers as he tries to recall the name of a specific, well-known piece of media. ) Alice in Wonderland. I crawl back through the vent and boom, I'm regular-sized again.

( does something like that actually happen in alice in wonderland? he thinks so, but he's not sure. little does he know the solution really is wonderland-adjacent and currently in fever's (or natsuno's or valdis's) pocket. )