Tina nodded. “Snowy owls also don’t get cold much because of our superior downy feathers.”

“Meh, feathers are like lamer fur,” Teddy said.

Tina gave her a flat look. “Can your fur make you fly?”

“Can you fly?” Teddy asked.

Tina huffed and moved on past the first row of skirts, then stopped at the second. These were a lot more serious, done up in browns and pastel colors. “What about these?”

“You’ll look like a librarian,” Teddy said.

Tina nodded. “Good. I bet I can find some nice blouses to go with them. It’ll make for an exceptionally smart outfit.”

Teddy shrugged. She didn’t care how smart her outfits looked, only that they were comfy.

Tina ended up being really hard to shop with. She’d poke and prod, and hum and hoot over each choice before picking something. Teddy’s method of just grabbing everything that looked cool was way more effective.

“So, Teddy, since you’ve been around longer, can you tell me about Big Sister Emily?” Tina asked after a while. She was busy trying on some jackets, but they were all made for women that were a lot bigger than Tina, and she ended up looking very silly in them.

“Yeah, I guess,” Teddy said. “The Boss is pretty cool. She gets real excited a lot, and her words get all mumbly. I think she’s a bit shy, though.”

Tina let out a low “hoo” of exasperation. “We’ll need to fix that.”

“Fix? The Boss isn’t broken,” Teddy said.

“I’m aware that she isn’t broken, but she does seem to lack self-confidence. We can make her even better.”

Teddy gave her a look. “I’m not sure what you mean. The Boss is fine the way she is.”

Tina shook her head. “Haven’t you seen how the Boss doesn’t want to do evil things?”

“Yeah.”

“That’s because she lacks the confidence to do them,” Tina said.

She might have sounded entirely sure of herself, but Teddy wasn’t sure she bought it. “I don’t know. The Boss might not want to do evil things because she just doesn’t feel like it.”

“She’s a Villain,” Tina said. “Doing evil things is in her nature. Of course she wants to do them. I bet the only reason she doesn’t is because she’s shy. Can you imagine her giving an evil monologue?”

Teddy really couldn’t. “I guess not. So if we’re gonna help the Boss be more confident . . . wait, how are we going to do that?”

Tina hummed. “I don’t know.”

Teddy felt her shoulders slumping. “But you just said you wanted to.”

“I didn’t say that I was aware of all the answers. I’m not knowledgeable about everything,” Tina said. “I suppose we could just be very supportive of her?”