We must play very different games.

[ That much is very obvious, but Xenk doesn't seem bothered by Kirk's strange insistent. A mistake without punishment isn't much of a mistake, is it? ]

I guess getting tickled is kind of a punishment...

[ When was the last time Xenk actually got tickled? He says the words like they're a bit foreign to him. He frowns when he loses, but he takes his defeat with more grace than a child his age should show. ]

I don't want to get tickled. Can I be the night terror?

[ A candle flickers near the black door, the lights growing dim. This is not good. ]