The corners of Ernie's mouth went up into a smile and he opened his eyes. It took a moment for his eyes to adjust to the darkness, which he took to mean it was still half past way-too-early-to-be-up o'clock. Once they did, he sniffed pressed his forehead to Zach's. "Zach," he said in a hoarse voice, and smiled when he saw his master with one giant eye in the center of his face. "Shut up."