As Ty and Mark entered the room, they saw June was already seated, fidgeting nervously. "Is everything alright?" She asked. "Yes," said Ty, simultaneously with "No" from Mark.
Ty said, "Mark has a lot to process, and I'm going to try to explain. I had to restrain him a few times, but he has calmed down enough that I think we can have a discussion." Mark sat down next to June on the sofa, so Ty turned Mark's recliner a little to face them, and sat.
"I know you're both shocked and confused, so please give me a few minutes to explain. I'm going to apologize for _some_ of my actions," Ty started. "Do you remember when Dustin claimed that I had made his body regress to about 13 years old?"
"Yes," said June, and Mark nodded. "That made no sense. He's a late bloomer, and we discussed taking him to see a doctor. But trying to blame that on you was ridiculous."
"Well, ridiculous, yes, but he was actually right," Ty said, "and that's something I have to fix and apologize for. Mark, would you please call him down here?"
Mark appeared to undergo a bit of an internal struggle, obviously unaccustomed to Ty giving him orders, even phrased as polite requests, but he was terrified of being frozen again. He called out, loudly yet uncharacteristically meekly, "Dustin, please come down here."
Dustin came downstairs and into the room, and stood uncomfortably. Even though he was the favored son, he was used to Mark yelling demands at him. He could tell something very odd was going on, but had no idea what he should do.
"Dustin, you told our parents that I'd somehow made your body regress to how you were at thirteen, right?" Ty asked him.
Dustin gulped, not sure whether he was in some kind of trouble, and quietly replied, "Yes."
"You showed them your body, didn't you?", Ty asked.
"Y.. yes," Dustin answered.
"I don't often see him naked, but he looked normal to me," June said.
"He was being so ridiculous that I didn't even look away from my TV show," said Mark.
Ty said, "I am going to have to apologize to all three of you, and fix what I've done. Dustin actually was telling the truth. I did regress his body. He was teasing _me_ about being underdeveloped, and I was angry, and wished that he knew what it was like. I had no idea that I could actually make him change."
"I knew it, you little... twerp!" Dustin yelled, obviously restraining his vocabulary in front of his parents. "Just you wait!"
Ty replied to Dustin, "Please calm down. I admitted doing it, and I apologize, but more importantly, I'm going to fix it."
Dustin said nothing, but his body posture showed that he was still in a rage, biding his time only to keep from getting in trouble with their parents.
"That's crazy talk " June said. "Dustin's just been slow to develop."
Mark turned to her, "June, crazy as it seems, I think you'd better listen to him." Mark didn't know exactly what was going on, but he knew Ty was no longer the meek, subservient son that he could push around.
"I agree that it sounds crazy," Ty continued. "I couldn't believe it myself, even seeing Dustin change before my eyes. But Dustin and I both saw the changes. I think I actually altered the past, such that only Dustin and I would know anything had changed."
June, had had enough of this. "You've been watching too much science fiction on TV, Ty. No more TV for a month. Go to your room and go to bed! There will be no more discussion of this!"
Mark, having experienced Ty's... displeasure... several times when he was uncooperative, was now the voice of reason. "June, let's not be too hasty. Let Ty continue."
By this time, June was nearly apoplectic. Standing and turning to Mark, red in the face, she yelled, "What the hell has gotten into you? Has everyone in this household gone mad?" She turned back to Ty and took a step.
"Please, June," Ty practically begged, "I know this is unbelievable, but remember that I asked for a calm discussion."
"Fuck your calm!" June screamed, and drew back her arm to slap him. Suddenly she froze in place.
Mark looked at June, horror on his face. He'd been there, done that. He turned to Ty, and asked, "Ty, please let her go."
"I will let her go momentarily, Mark," Ty said sadly, "I didn't want to do this to her any more than I did to you, but she apparently needs a demonstration before we can continue civil discussion."
At this point Dustin blew up. "I don't know what you're doing, but hurting mom is the LAST thing you'll ever do!" He charged Ty, and suddenly, just like June was frozen.