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I was working on art for your fic and it really wasn’t turning out how I wanted it to so I was going to scrap it and start over, however, I realized I should probably share these with you even if I don’t think they’re up to snuff!! My motivation and attention can be fickle, and it might take me a bit to wrestle my ideas onto the paper haha! Hope you enjoy :]

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I recall having somewhat touched on this on another ask but that was a bit ago already sooooo

The thing about Playtime's underbelly is that if you're outside it (AKA the outside world, the surface, whatever you call,) it's very affordable to keep their dirty secrets hidden... but if you're actually inside there? The gritty reality is very hard to fly over anyone's head. Sure, certain details might be possible to keep hidden, but the overall gist of it all? Not so much.

I feel like Doey certainly would want to spare Cassie from the dark truth, but problem is... that's not really something that can be kept hidden for much long, especially now that she's smack in the middle of it along with them. If he tried lying to her to spare her, she simply would end up finding out some other way, which is arguably worse than being told the truth from the start. That said, I think Doey would try not to lie, but would still be vague, only answering certain questions if Cassie ends up specifically asking those... as well as elaborating on things she may already have found out on her own.

I don't have it laid out how Cassie finds out about what/who the toys actually are, but her reaction to it probably would be just about what you'd expect from a sensible 10-year-old with basic human sense, give or take; I imagine she'd feel so terrible to the point of nausea (like, you ever had to take in some kind of information that made you so upset you felt sick? Kinda like that.) If she can feel sorry for ones like Roxy who are fully mechanical, she certainly would feel for 'toys' who are for all ends and purposes flesh and bone just like her. Distressingly so.

But, Cassie also is still just a kid, and the truth of Playtime is something of a magnitude that may also be too big for a kid to take in, so she also would need to process and digest that shit in bits.