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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqtdj3AlM1
“Sort of,” Mangle said, uncapping the bubble solution and pulling out the wand. “I wanted to show you something.”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAtU8AZpWQ
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi566fL5IPT
“They’re called bubbles,” Mangle explained. They’re made with soap, when it’s moved really quickly and a pocket of air fills it.”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDW8uwpD8g
“Bubbles make rai’bow!” it exclaimed. “‘Angul make more bubbles?”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKl0sWVPPM0
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?”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVyyPrvoOA
“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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNF1VSph374
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?”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU668eebUvd
It nodded. Mangle pulled it out and said, “Be careful not to get it in your eyes…”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6n8LbTuGV2
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzEvF7wQ7y
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzVuZmF9c2
It nodded. “‘Ankoo, ‘Angul.”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCViNdfWx3
Mangle shrugged it off. “Think nothing of it.”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZPkRjAl4d
To their surprise, it wasn’t just a phrase: they meant it. How odd.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yr1y5qkyu
“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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GkgbaIe2V
It nodded at Mangle’s speech. “Unders’and, ‘Angul.”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhF92k3xI1C
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.”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhHDQw7E5O
“No more messy diapers,” It sighed in relief.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wUH6P4sdW
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.”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02dcwSXwO6
It nodded. “I will, ‘Angul,” It promised.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnT4Gu4Oqg
Now that I’ll believe when I see it, Mangle thought to themself. Outwardly they said, “Thank you, It.”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroqq6S354Q
It nodded, then frowned. It lifted its hands up. “Lift up?”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BuckfmH4F
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?”716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbfv6iK0RT
Mangle nodded and handed it over. It wiped itself and slid off the seat. “Can’t reach the lever,” It said.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gtTFLZ2wO
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.716Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrTQkGMwuN
