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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqwghTHqrZ
“Sort of,” Mangle said, uncapping the bubble solution and pulling out the wand. “I wanted to show you something.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzEE0slc6z
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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCeWOAx8wf
“They’re called bubbles,” Mangle explained. They’re made with soap, when it’s moved really quickly and a pocket of air fills it.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cjcWqgqRr
“Bubbles make rai’bow!” it exclaimed. “‘Angul make more bubbles?”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpGtF2lfUR
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?”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguT2hXRx91
“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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK64XNROlSg
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?”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJop6zKTiAZ
It nodded. Mangle pulled it out and said, “Be careful not to get it in your eyes…”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KCrhvhSK1
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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVkUeWCceF
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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmq8Ub0B8Q
It nodded. “‘Ankoo, ‘Angul.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0KpNo5KaC
Mangle shrugged it off. “Think nothing of it.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfbS9HmL1H
To their surprise, it wasn’t just a phrase: they meant it. How odd.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvsB1rh2pF
“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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qc28TM5bz
It nodded at Mangle’s speech. “Unders’and, ‘Angul.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZOcdt47c9
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.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkleN7MjpMB
“No more messy diapers,” It sighed in relief.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFDaDZNQlJ
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.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwZryUKNK5
It nodded. “I will, ‘Angul,” It promised.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFsyHcsLkv
Now that I’ll believe when I see it, Mangle thought to themself. Outwardly they said, “Thank you, It.”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF36nYCtN7T
It nodded, then frowned. It lifted its hands up. “Lift up?”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3sVPNHLpa
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?”597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUetBMUx0tL
Mangle nodded and handed it over. It wiped itself and slid off the seat. “Can’t reach the lever,” It said.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdyuJIbFEh
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.597Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgNhsV0uvp
