Man, I am pretty sure he got blindsided by Biyuu. Boy never seemed the sort that took 'no' for an answer.

Well, actually boy sorta seemed one of them 'silent protagonist' types so it's more "Flidget liked to imagine that Sendak was trying to be all virtuous and Biyuu was busy sending out 'No, please! Mollest me! Wait, better idea! Let me mollest you!' signals".