Hello!
it was always so strange when a child walked up to it out-of-costume; most kids would take a look at the skeletal frame and scream, or in some instances cry. Perhaps the few that didn’t fear it just… never saw a reason to, or didn’t have the same reaction to the uncanny valley. In any case, this little one seemed to be one of the latter, walking right up to it and waving as one would any other person.
w- w- w- well, hello little one,
the Mimic said, crouching down and falling back on some of the stage-programming its creator had wired into it.
I’m sorry, I’m not in costume right now… are you lost? Or…
…hold on. That face… that’s in the database as…
oh! One of Mr Afton’s kids, aren’t ya? Lizzie, right? Your father letting you explore a bit while he deals with some of the circus members?
it asked.