It was then that Tim realized that he had no idea whether he would be able to make Scott bigger again. Not that he particularly wanted to--he certainly had no intention of restoring him to bully size. But Tim was in control mode, and needed to confirm the full range of his power. In short, although the thought was fleeting in nature, it was enough to prompt Tim to conduct a simple experiment. Without removing the lower half of his erstwhile lover from his mouth, Tim imagined Scott growing larger. Sure enough, the mass in Tim's mouth began to feel more substantial. Apparently Scott had taken notice of the reversal as well, for he had stopped simpering.
Satisfied with the results of his test, Tim returned to his initial task of Scott-shrinking. He wanted this toy to be tiny, and he had a ways yet to go.
Only something was wrong! Tim yanked Scott's body completely out of his mouth, holding him up to the light for inspection. No! It couldn't be! He wasn't shrinking; in fact he was still growing!
Suppressing his disappointment, Tim brought Scott back up to his lips for a lick. His tongue slobbered completely up the side of Scott's still-small head, from collarbone to cowlick. Until Tim could figure out what was going on, he figured that he might as well have Scott believe that he was growing him back through his own good graces.
"Yer lucky I'm not hungry," Tim said with a sideways grin. But what was wrong? He was concentrating as hard as he could on SHRINKING Scott. He hadn't had any problems the first time around; had the power worn off?