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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzs8JQPc80x
“Sort of,” Mangle said, uncapping the bubble solution and pulling out the wand. “I wanted to show you something.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQV8kBtSKQk
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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckaCNYd7Uh
“They’re called bubbles,” Mangle explained. They’re made with soap, when it’s moved really quickly and a pocket of air fills it.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OQYdTa0ly
“Bubbles make rai’bow!” it exclaimed. “‘Angul make more bubbles?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzG46YO0arr
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?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6V8oNKn6m
“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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylPYDHBVbr
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?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7rsK2ZdIt
It nodded. Mangle pulled it out and said, “Be careful not to get it in your eyes…”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Brg2ZDEMz
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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNC04QuM9X
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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8jNTn0Zww
It nodded. “‘Ankoo, ‘Angul.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedpeFad7ED
Mangle shrugged it off. “Think nothing of it.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTz7WOh0XJo
To their surprise, it wasn’t just a phrase: they meant it. How odd.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrPDTpObLV
“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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUkGOGYE4Q
It nodded at Mangle’s speech. “Unders’and, ‘Angul.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SbBXoTSzW
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.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGsA2r9tRR
“No more messy diapers,” It sighed in relief.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5McDx2jEO
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.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmXau9Go13
It nodded. “I will, ‘Angul,” It promised.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6ckMFsUJl
Now that I’ll believe when I see it, Mangle thought to themself. Outwardly they said, “Thank you, It.”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFpyYGMeCt
It nodded, then frowned. It lifted its hands up. “Lift up?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9sWJoPCy9
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?”717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEJdUDm9z1
Mangle nodded and handed it over. It wiped itself and slid off the seat. “Can’t reach the lever,” It said.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxvba73bpI
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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7k7DS83fK9
