So, even though I just added a chapter to this story today when rewatching the YouTube channel Duel Screens video about translating what the Non-English speaking Punch Out Boxers are saying while looking through the video's comments I saw some saying Glass Joe's Accent is very specifically Quebec not the French of France, not the given that the Punch Out Wii Reboot was made by a Canadian studio this makes sense, however it also is an opportunity to craft a fun theory about Glass Joe like perhaps his ancestors let's say his Grandparents were originally from Quebec but emigrated to Paris however growing up in Paris his heritage was a touchy subject for Glass Joe and will probably have interesting implications for her relationship with the Canadian Boxer Bear Hugger down the line, overall grateful I'm writing this story before writing the story of Glass Joe and Dana's wedding and honeymoon which took place between this story and Liberty of the Soul

Now while all the Student Mutants had already heard Bacon Bit's story yesterday, Dana being an adult Mutant and therefore not a student and Leo's school was amazed by what she just heard! She turned to Glass Joe

"Is this true? Why didn't you tell me about this?!"

Glass Joe rubbed the back of his head "I wasn't there...It was Viktor, Hondo and Soda who were there...I along with everyone else heard about it...But none of us knew if that Piglet survived…"

Von Kaiser was flustered for multiple reasons...Obviously he was not expecting to see this Piglet again much less expecting he would be teaching her...And having a Piglet hugging him was making him feel awkward because specifically as a German...Well...Pork is practically a stable food over there...Now Mutants derived from Livestock Species after the granting of civil rights were mostly pretty understanding on the subject of meat eating the general consensus of Mutants derived from animals that are commonly eaten is 'I don't hate you for eating my ordinary non-intelligent relatives, everybody has to eat something, just also understand if I don't want to watch'

"Uh…" Leo said "...Excuse Bacon Bit...She's been a bit emotional since yesterday when we revealed they would be training with you…"

Von Kaiser blinked a few times and then looked down at the Piglet.

"You're name is Bacon Bit?" He asked

"I was named by scientists who prided themselves on their non-existent sense of humor." Bacon Bit said

Remembering how often these Mutants are made by callous humans, Von Kaiser tenderly laid a hand on Bacon Bit's head.

And Von Kaiser and Glass Joe looked at Dana who had her arms folded and it was clear she was miffed that she had not yet been informed on the full extent of what happened to them during the Mutant Riots, yes she knew some of them had participated in Mutant Hunting Militias but knowing they had saved a Mutant Child, that she would have REALLY liked to know about!

And Von Kaiser and Glass Joe knew that today they would not be able to concentrate on teaching any actual boxing today

"I think…" Von Kaiser said "...In light of these...Revelations today, we should tell you students the story of what we did during the Mutant Riots."

Von Kaiser and Glass Joe grabbed stools to sit on and the students and the Turtles sat on the floor in a semicircle, the Turtles realized they also wanted to know the full extent of the story, because for the worst part of the Mutant Riots they along with their closest friends had been spirited away to the Humanimals' Earth to be safe.

"But first…" Von Kaiser said "...I want to to know more about who you are Bacon Bit...Why were you in that apartment building when before all we had seen were adult mutants…."

Bacon Bit squirmed a bit "I wasn't supposed to be there…" She said "...Like most Mutant Cubs I was supposed to be in one of the designated 'Nursery Areas' but I...Wanted to fight...Only to realize that the Mutants were already being slaughtered by the humans…"

Bacon Bit sighed wistfully "I remember my time in Eleanor's Mansion for Mutants...More than a few Mutants who were created by human experiments were living there with their human parents...I avoided these humans...I heard what some Mutants said that their humans were nice and wanted to help Mutants...But...I didn't believe it...I felt these humans had to have an ulterior motive and I didn't like that Eleanor decided to let them in, really it was...I didn't want to believe it...Humans had never done anything for me so I couldn't believe humans and Mutants could ever really be friends...I remember the night Eleanor made her speech and how I felt that night feeling like it really was the beginning a nw world where Mutants would rule the world…"

FLASHBACK

That night not only the relatively 'Civilized' Mutants that Eleanor the Mutant Sheep had let live in her Mansion in the forest guarded by psychic barriers to prevent anyone who not wanted from getting too close, but tonight she had also invited delegates from all the 'Wild Tribes' of Mutants, as there had been a recent population boom in the Mutant Animals most of these Mutants had been created by spills of mutagen in the wilderness but quite often these Wild Tribes had an older Mutant who had been created by human experimentation leading them. These were the Wild Tribes of the Eastern US. and Canada.

"Can you count Mutants?" Eleanor called out "I say the future is ours! If you can count!"

As the large Mutant Sheep began climbing up the backyard playground equipment for the Young Mutants, Mutants in the crowd "Come on Eleanor, we're with you!" and "We're with you Sister!"

After her climb Eleanor "Now look and see at what we have here before us…" She said gesturing to vast array of species before her "We have the mammals, sitting net to the birds! We have the reptiles, right by the amphibians! And nobody is eating anybody...That is a miracle! And miracles is the way things ought to be! You're standing now with nine delegates from over a hundred tribes...And there's over a hundred more...That's twenty thousand hard core members...Forty thousand counting affiliates and twenty thousand more not organized...But ready to fight! Sixty thousand soldiers...Now there aren't but twenty thousand police in all of New York City...Can you dig it?"

The Mutants called in the various animal noises

"Can you did it?" Eleanor asked again

The Mutants responded even louder

"CAN YOU DIG IT?"

The Mutants gave various roars and howls and bellows of approval, Bacon Bit was among those.

This was a scene from the original Mutant Riots fic that I'm putting here just because I remembered how much I liked it, Eleanor basically ripped off her speech from the 1979 film The Warriors and the Turtles recognized it as such and she replaced the names of gangs with various animals kinds