Tyki blinked, then grinned widely. He watched with avid interest, making no move to join in tickling the boy, but obviously drinking in the laughter and the sight with every sense.

"That," he said when Rufus was laughed out. "Was the most marvelous thing I have seen in a long time. Thank you, Dark." He bowed, and then turned to head back down the stairs, grinning like a maniac. "Hakuba!" he called. "I'm done."