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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbHV8h6iVV
“Sort of,” Mangle said, uncapping the bubble solution and pulling out the wand. “I wanted to show you something.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDCruS6YF3
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllxz0cc24S
“They’re called bubbles,” Mangle explained. They’re made with soap, when it’s moved really quickly and a pocket of air fills it.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaxlSfhXOG
“Bubbles make rai’bow!” it exclaimed. “‘Angul make more bubbles?”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcvxkTT8RR
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?”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKyjho2LYJ
“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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kb0ieIH1S
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?”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5SQYlbdIA
It nodded. Mangle pulled it out and said, “Be careful not to get it in your eyes…”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u8M6ymkQd
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFYqvvQfoT
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zoC3md6Dl
It nodded. “‘Ankoo, ‘Angul.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NrDsizw6w
Mangle shrugged it off. “Think nothing of it.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01OVtk2d8b
To their surprise, it wasn’t just a phrase: they meant it. How odd.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyCHwPUUY8
“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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5Fw7qBzkj
It nodded at Mangle’s speech. “Unders’and, ‘Angul.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7JsVhph9v
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.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bcWumpGQF
“No more messy diapers,” It sighed in relief.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZzcRxP71j
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.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrD5VbyYHg
It nodded. “I will, ‘Angul,” It promised.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyv2PalftO
Now that I’ll believe when I see it, Mangle thought to themself. Outwardly they said, “Thank you, It.”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIsdjeBRtU
It nodded, then frowned. It lifted its hands up. “Lift up?”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZL7dBApon
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?”598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdqxFijEhc
Mangle nodded and handed it over. It wiped itself and slid off the seat. “Can’t reach the lever,” It said.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvk386fHNL
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.598Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzSHfg1UfK
