Microfiction #1 for @deer-chai.bsky.social, featuring his deer making the grave mistake of leaving scientific experiments in the hands of a micro on a power trip. (CW: Size tiering, Petri dish cities, Mass nano death, Implied death from deadly chemicals)

Looking after a petri dish civilization often requires near-constant surveillance, lest the nanos within become technologically advanced enough to escape containment and start an infestation in the lab. So while the scientist deer went off to run other errands, KT tasked Alex to take care of it.

Tsk. Interns are a dime a dozen, but nano cities? That's a major hit to the budget.