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.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdwmLKImKS
“Sort of,” Mangle said, uncapping the bubble solution and pulling out the wand. “I wanted to show you something.”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDb02PIMOt
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.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwoyJ8RvW7
“They’re called bubbles,” Mangle explained. They’re made with soap, when it’s moved really quickly and a pocket of air fills it.”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIf3M7IgPxs
“Bubbles make rai’bow!” it exclaimed. “‘Angul make more bubbles?”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXHl2wTbjr
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?”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13jauFamjE
“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.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OIMTmNDFW
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?”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBHuniE3Dz
It nodded. Mangle pulled it out and said, “Be careful not to get it in your eyes…”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wHEmV1Oq3
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.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENnFBqWo0l
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.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0MGqZky6n
It nodded. “‘Ankoo, ‘Angul.”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCj7OMru4qq
Mangle shrugged it off. “Think nothing of it.”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBBEo8NU1z
To their surprise, it wasn’t just a phrase: they meant it. How odd.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIx2msBDCNe
“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.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqOo1pWs9b
It nodded at Mangle’s speech. “Unders’and, ‘Angul.”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs56ESTJuKo
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.”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdz8pOigkPR
“No more messy diapers,” It sighed in relief.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHuda6Nz4P
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.”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCkkC68fKo
It nodded. “I will, ‘Angul,” It promised.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDBEviOEGf
Now that I’ll believe when I see it, Mangle thought to themself. Outwardly they said, “Thank you, It.”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2SoS5tTzM
It nodded, then frowned. It lifted its hands up. “Lift up?”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoacZHm7aG
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?”637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUoBdm8yjZ
Mangle nodded and handed it over. It wiped itself and slid off the seat. “Can’t reach the lever,” It said.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREuZKOduPT
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.637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwghMUM4E7a
