RecordingFeisty3498 • 1 year ago In other words, how do you know exactly what other people's nightmares are? So, if we go back to the first book, we learn that William created illusionary discs to make people believe things that weren't really there, and he would use this with Crying Child to make him stay away from the animatronics for good. That's also why we never see him scold his older son for mistreating his little brother, because the younger boy was traumatizing him with the animatronics, which suited William's purposes. However, William's mistake was trusting Michael too much, because Michael didn't know where the line was drawn with the prank, since Mike was scaring his brother just for fun. And the problem would erupt in 1983, at the place where it all began and ended: Fredbear's Family Diner. Mike and his friends drag Crying Child to the restaurant to continue bothering them with the animatronics on his birthday. Continuing the prank, they place him in Fredbear's mouth, pre