Hehehehehehehehe!” she laughed. And the other Theeroi crowded near with eyes wide and wondering..
Chew pushed Tweek’s tentacles toward another of the Theeroi, and touched him with them. This Theeros, too, had never been tickled before, and he burst out into peals of laughter.
“Hahahahahahahahaha!” he laughed.
Now all the other Theeroi were curious to try the experiment, and so tiny Chew touched each one in turn with Tweek’s tentacles, and in no time at all, all the Theeroi there were rolling on the floor and filling the chamber with outrageous peals of laughter.
It did not take long for news of this new phenomenon to spread wide among all the Theeroi, and – between battles with the demons – they came from far away to see this novelty for themselves.
And, most fortunately for little Tweek, they all decided that they liked it. They were incapable of tickling themselves, or each other, for that matter, for the skin on their tiny fingers was too tough, and their nails too sharp for them to even try it.
But little Tweek did a very good job of tickling, and he soon found that he was very busy, indeed, tickling the tiny Theeroi to make them laugh.
So they all decided to let him stay with them, so long as he stayed out of trouble, and didn’t bring any of his demon friends around – which worked out very well for little Tweek, since he didn’t have any friends.
Tiny Chew became a very important Theeros, as they all decided that she should be the one to have the responsibility of keeping him, which was no bother to her at all. And the little demon did very well for himself, too, for the Theeroi are not very tidy creatures, and they always left heaps of stinky things about for little Tweek to gorge himself upon (which the Theeroi found a very handy thing, indeed).
And for all the years of his life after, Tweek wandered through the tunnels of the Theeroi, sucking up all the tasty things he found there (with tiny Chew keeping an eye on him, and slapping him occasionally, when he thought to misbehave), while every so often he gave a tickle to a passing Theeros.
And Tweek was as happy a demon as ever a demon was, and tiny Chew was as happy a Theeros, as ever a Theeros could ever be.
