Jeff’s brother Jared walks into his brother’s room, “Jeff, I…,” he starts, but then realizes that Jeff is not there, “aaaw, man… every time I wanna ask him something he aint there”. The boy pouts a little and is about to leave, when his eyes land on the block of clay sitting on Jeff’s desk. Jared walks over, “this block of clay would be perfect for my art project,” the young boy says, “I hope Jeff won’t mind”.
Jeff is panicking, “Jared, no… it’s me,” he says, but of course no sound comes out, as Jared picks him up and carries the block of clay to his room. The young boy sets the block of clay down on his desk, he then sits down on his chair and looks thoughtfully, “now… what could I create out of this block of clay,” he asks himself, “I could mold it into a Horse, Dog or any other animal, I could carve a house or castle out of it, or I could make a bowl, cup or plate… hmmm… So many possibilities!”
Jeff really is now panicking, ‘shit, shit! What have I gotten myself into,’ he thinks to himself, ‘I just hope he’ll take his time to decide, enough time for me to transform back’.
Jared groans, “man, it’s so hard to decide,” he says, “I guess I’ll give myself until after supper, by then Jeff should have returned and I can ask him if I may use the clay, or at least some of it, for my art project”.
Hearing this causes Jeff to mentally sigh in relieve, ‘I should be myself by then,’ he thinks to himself.
The rest of the evening, Jared plays some Video games and reads some comics, at around 6pm he hears his mother call him down to supper, at the same time Jeff feels his clay body tingle and he knows that he is about to transform back into his normal self.
Jared heads down stairs to meet his mother in the dining room, he can hear them talking, his mother asking Jared if he’d seen Jeff, or at least knew where he was.
Jeff feels himself slowly growing, he feels his head, arms, legs and face returning, soon his naked form is sitting on his brother’s desk. The teen quietly heads into his room, puts on some clothes, climbs out the window and walks towards the front door. Jeff takes a deep breath before opening the door, “hey, I’m home,” he calls, he heads straight for the dining room, “sorry guys, I forgot my phone, I have been at a friend’s house”.
His parents and brother look up, “at least you are back in time,” his mother says, “sit down and have something to eat”.
When Jeff sits down, Jared speaks up, “big bro,” he says, Jeff turns to look at him, “I wanted to ask you something”.
Jeff looks at Jared, ‘should I tell him,’ he asks himself, ‘what if he wants to use it… on me…,’ a part of Jeff is unsure of what to do, the other part of him wants to tell Jared that he had been the block of clay and also mention the Chronivac to the kid, “can that wait after we have eaten,” he asks.
Jared nods, “sure,” he says.