Mangle walked in a week into meeting the subject with a small tube of bubbles. The subject glanced up from the cot. “‘Angul? New toy?” it asked.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJTvo1Wk3Z
“Sort of,” Mangle said, uncapping the bubble solution and pulling out the wand. “I wanted to show you something.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqbmVjRhy4
It watched with rapt attention as Mangle gently blew on the wand. Bubbles came flowing out, rainbows caught in each and every one. It was enamored. “What’re those?” it asked in excitement.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rOAN5Nuap
“They’re called bubbles,” Mangle explained. They’re made with soap, when it’s moved really quickly and a pocket of air fills it.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vJQWPNDEo
“Bubbles make rai’bow!” it exclaimed. “‘Angul make more bubbles?”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQTdGeOMYI
Mangle smiled and blew more out. It ran around to touch them, the bubbles pooping in her hands. It pouted. “Bubbles go!” it said morosely, “Where? Why?”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZwhs8hZpW
“The bubbles are popping, because they don’t handle being touched very well,” Mangle explained. “A lot of the time people like popping bubbles before they hit the ground.” A hand-eye coordination test.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7aGGRgAlv
It nodded and put her hands out, as anticipated taking Mangle’s words as a challenge. Mangle blew some bubbles in its direction, and the subject dashed about to pop them. This continued until the bottle was drained and the subject was a heap on the floor, laughing hysterically. Mangle sat back at the desk, nodding. “Hand-eye coordination is as can be expected, then. Want another bottle for yourself?”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJy4pVyFzEo
It nodded. Mangle pulled it out and said, “Be careful not to get it in your eyes…”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BpiP2tPZt
It tore the cap off and some of the bubble mix landed right in its eyes. There was a brief second of silence, before it screamed, “My eyes! My eyes!” over and over and over.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7OpmJM8Gs
Mangle instinctively rushed it to the bathroom and ran cool water over its eyes. It was crying from the pain, but Mangle just stoically stood there and rinsed out its eyes. When it was done whimpering, Mangle took it out from underneath the running water of the sink. “Better?” they asked.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKm62ChAFs
It nodded. “‘Ankoo, ‘Angul.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIUux4gW1b
Mangle shrugged it off. “Think nothing of it.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFHYfu7Wrf
To their surprise, it wasn’t just a phrase: they meant it. How odd.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTNefmv1ao
“Now, It, this is what is called a potty. This is where grown-ups and older kids pee and poop. They listen to their body, and when they get pressure in their stomach, they know they have to go, and they come here to get rid of it. You just sit on it and then use it like you would a diaper, understand so far?” Mangle was teaching the subject the finer points of toilet training. Specifically, why people used a toilet over a diaper, besides because it was yucky.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPZ2xO7qMp
It nodded at Mangle’s speech. “Unders’and, ‘Angul.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGe1MD8c01U
When you’re done going potty, you wipe where the pee and poop come from with toilet paper, which is basically not cold not wet wipes. You put it in the potty with your pee and poop, and then you push down on this lever,” Mangle demonstrated. “And everything gets taken away.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3MqTzTSqX
“No more messy diapers,” It sighed in relief.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1T4R7HBrx
Mangle nodded. “That’s right, It. No more messy diapers. Not if you listen to your body and then tell me when you need to go.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwjoei2pXM
It nodded. “I will, ‘Angul,” It promised.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnYo0LrArr
Now that I’ll believe when I see it, Mangle thought to themself. Outwardly they said, “Thank you, It.”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsleFYUlQZT
It nodded, then frowned. It lifted its hands up. “Lift up?”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNv9IVfJOMG
Mangle took off its diaper and put it on the toilet. It sat there and Mangle turned away, uncomfortable. They heard It peeing and when the noise stopped, a small voice asked, “Toilet paper, right?”661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsnMiX0O1L
Mangle nodded and handed it over. It wiped itself and slid off the seat. “Can’t reach the lever,” It said.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEVG12TBFd
They flushed for It, and both of them went to wash their hands after Mangle put the diaper back on the subject. This was going to take a while.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJREZcBanse
