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.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjNYGj6v6O
“Sort of,” Mangle said, uncapping the bubble solution and pulling out the wand. “I wanted to show you something.”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfv2GWgI9AR
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.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9yKUNz3uh
“They’re called bubbles,” Mangle explained. They’re made with soap, when it’s moved really quickly and a pocket of air fills it.”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5QnCguHBY
“Bubbles make rai’bow!” it exclaimed. “‘Angul make more bubbles?”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6cGAK9ego
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?”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Bb6ejvjcT
“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.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I8Al2YhZr
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?”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡho5TcDHFyQ
It nodded. Mangle pulled it out and said, “Be careful not to get it in your eyes…”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRFyTqE7yT
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.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0unzXSntj
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.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZapUgjMhER
It nodded. “‘Ankoo, ‘Angul.”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkZc6FDcZj
Mangle shrugged it off. “Think nothing of it.”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2i2LLwX8B
To their surprise, it wasn’t just a phrase: they meant it. How odd.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN0m683eE9
“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.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mhMUmuf88
It nodded at Mangle’s speech. “Unders’and, ‘Angul.”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aZivYH5PO
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.”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3CHFwdYtj
“No more messy diapers,” It sighed in relief.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPOvm56qEo
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.”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKXkoKGv4q
It nodded. “I will, ‘Angul,” It promised.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5E3pbaVc2k
Now that I’ll believe when I see it, Mangle thought to themself. Outwardly they said, “Thank you, It.”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyKxThBkgj
It nodded, then frowned. It lifted its hands up. “Lift up?”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOeWmNoKyk
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?”658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8zY9oTte2
Mangle nodded and handed it over. It wiped itself and slid off the seat. “Can’t reach the lever,” It said.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ON4MwK9fu
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.658Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNFH1VcNHN
