"That's just ridiculous, kid. Y'know, there ain't any monsters under the bed -- well, there're only a couple, but the ones that are there're pretty nice. But when kids ain't good in Atlantic City, well, the kittens don't wanna play with them anymore. 'n they won't be their little weapons, either. I know you got a special connection with Mayhem over there..."

... who Tommy is now holding upside-down.

"... but if you're real bad, Mayhem'll defect to the enemy side, 'n you know how powerful he is. That'd be bad."