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.651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBNSeXCB8f
“Sort of,” Mangle said, uncapping the bubble solution and pulling out the wand. “I wanted to show you something.”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDjmEO6HdG
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.651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlBmIMEYCn
“They’re called bubbles,” Mangle explained. They’re made with soap, when it’s moved really quickly and a pocket of air fills it.”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWo2RUmNNYy
“Bubbles make rai’bow!” it exclaimed. “‘Angul make more bubbles?”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcf4i2rl3wm
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?”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YmtD7FmRU
“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.651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLTZVlNCuX
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?”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrVcUs4FQh
It nodded. Mangle pulled it out and said, “Be careful not to get it in your eyes…”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKMTrndNgF
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.651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtER8Z2fX1i
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.651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNC5VxUVRy
It nodded. “‘Ankoo, ‘Angul.”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFJw7ubeAs
Mangle shrugged it off. “Think nothing of it.”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCULXWcBDnW
To their surprise, it wasn’t just a phrase: they meant it. How odd.651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MHVPgQ11G
“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.651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgGC0EBWZG
It nodded at Mangle’s speech. “Unders’and, ‘Angul.”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCB3CQA0JPN
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.”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1V7a980L0
“No more messy diapers,” It sighed in relief.651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjn33pKED3I
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.”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqU8YH96ZhG
It nodded. “I will, ‘Angul,” It promised.651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmxQVGoRNg
Now that I’ll believe when I see it, Mangle thought to themself. Outwardly they said, “Thank you, It.”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZYMv1S65L
It nodded, then frowned. It lifted its hands up. “Lift up?”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ml0Du7Q3u
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?”651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDRWCd0T2n
Mangle nodded and handed it over. It wiped itself and slid off the seat. “Can’t reach the lever,” It said.651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUb5gCFwmYy
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.651Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWUhDbAEkd
