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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxaFvDtSBR
“Sort of,” Mangle said, uncapping the bubble solution and pulling out the wand. “I wanted to show you something.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJOswqHQqz
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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzcKx7wyIr
“They’re called bubbles,” Mangle explained. They’re made with soap, when it’s moved really quickly and a pocket of air fills it.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVobY0IiVL5
“Bubbles make rai’bow!” it exclaimed. “‘Angul make more bubbles?”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YWtmldDmw
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?”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJBG9hp656
“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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNMnXTQUq7
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?”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkG5W5a2cU6
It nodded. Mangle pulled it out and said, “Be careful not to get it in your eyes…”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpEx1oeLjC
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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1dZdks81y
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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GDrsLQL74
It nodded. “‘Ankoo, ‘Angul.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31OZXDy2gk
Mangle shrugged it off. “Think nothing of it.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMtGlloaRv
To their surprise, it wasn’t just a phrase: they meant it. How odd.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5uFJ5wjZc
“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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kbjYbCJF7
It nodded at Mangle’s speech. “Unders’and, ‘Angul.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8yvDz6Jgk
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.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjnh038hZd
“No more messy diapers,” It sighed in relief.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKbD6pwVYF
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.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFk5D4XrlxR
It nodded. “I will, ‘Angul,” It promised.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1c3AWWCA1
Now that I’ll believe when I see it, Mangle thought to themself. Outwardly they said, “Thank you, It.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25EIIOW8Ix
It nodded, then frowned. It lifted its hands up. “Lift up?”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2CJVNM6OI
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?”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfPhPIowve
Mangle nodded and handed it over. It wiped itself and slid off the seat. “Can’t reach the lever,” It said.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbRk9NGMLc
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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8U6moHmr3
