Jess shook her head sadly.
"Nothing."
"What is it Ike?" Zac questioned.
"Cuddles is just sending me Tay's vid." He replied. "Gimme a sec."
Isaac frowned attempting to make sense of what Cuddles was sending him.
"Ok, before you tried anything Jess, Tay had a bit more success. Don't ask me the details, I can't make heads or tails of that."
"Maybe he just need practice?" Zac suggested.
"Practice taking over his own body?" Isaac repeated.
"Like I asked Jess before, got any better ideas?"
"Yes. We try and work out how this attempt was different from the first one. What's changed?"
"I think only Tay can answer that question." Walker remarked.
Silence.
"Maybe we should sleep on it. Besides, I'm sure if Tay thinks of anything he'll let you know through Cuddles, Ike." Walker suggested.
Isaac nodded.
**********
Sometime that night, Cuddles dropped the rock on Isaac's chest and made such a loud telepathic exclamation, that Isaac had to wake up.
"What is it Cuddles?" He yawned.
All he got was some weird distorted images of Taylor and the rock.
"Yeah I know Tay's mind is with the damn rock. Would you let me sleep?"
Cuddles kept running around, jumping all over Isaac.
"Go to sleep Cuddles. Or at least let me sleep."
A few minutes later Isaac finally managed to get Cuddles to shut up (after making sure Taylor wasn't trying to tell him something - no this was all Cuddles' doing) and he went back to sleep.
Of course, he was only woken up again an hour or so later, thanks to a certain nurse.
At least this time she didn't see Cuddles.
"Where'd the rock come from?" She asked presently.
"Huh? Oh, Zac gave it to me. Uhh, it's a private joke."
"I see." She smiled.
She left a few moments later and Isaac wondered if it would be possible to get a few more minutes sleep.