She tilted her heads. “Trinity,” one of her repeated. It was a very nice name. Best Sister Emily was good at finding good names.

“She can be called that,” Less-Good-But-Still-All-Right Sister Athena said.

“Yeah,” Scary Sister Teddy replied. “That name sounds cool.”

“I could be cool,” she replied from two mouths. The third was busy picking her nose.

Best Sister Emily nodded. “Trinity can be cool if she wants.”

Trinity nodded all her heads, then she leapt forward to hug Best Sister Emily, but Scary Sister Teddy bonked her head and sent her flopping to the ground.

“Teddy!” Best Sister said. “Don’t be mean.”

Trinity watched with four eyes as Teddy pouted and crossed her arms. “She’s hogging all the hugs. She’s getting, like, three times as many as us.”

Best Sister shook her head. “That’s not how it works, Teddy. Be nice, please. The last thing I want is for my sisters not to get along.”

Trinity nodded with all heads. Bullying was bad. Especially when it was one of her that was getting bullied. Hugs were good. Especially when it was one of her that was getting hugged. Life was simple that way, just like her.

Best Sister Emily got up, glanced at the alarm next to the bed, then nodded. “All right, I have classes in a bit. I need to head out. I’m not putting anyone in charge or anything like that. I just expect all of you to behave nicely, okay?”

Three sisters (and five heads) nodded. Emily went around, giving each of them a hug and a pat. She gave Trinity twice as many as everyone else, though, which was nice.

One of Trinity’s bodies followed Best Sister around. She really hoped that Best Sister needed her help, that she could repay all the hugs with niceness.

One of her wandered off to the bathroom. She hadn’t really inspected all of their home yet, and her last self stayed with her other sisters, smiling at them while she absently rubbed her tail to smooth out its long hairs.

Soon enough, Best Sister had her backpack on and was out the door. Trinity was pretty sure she didn’t notice Trinity following behind until she reached the elevators. Trinity waved to Best Sister, but Best Sister just leaned her head against the wall of the elevator and pressed a button. Did she not see Trinity at all?

Soon, that body was left all alone in the corridor.

“Hey,” Teddy said. “So what are you anyway?”

“Me?” Trinity asked. The her that was with her other sisters refocused a little. “Um. I’m a raccoon girl.”

“Raccoons are a kind of bear, right?” Teddy asked.

“Maybe?” Trinity said over the sound of the toilet flushing. Watching the water swirl around was fun.

“You have three bodies, right?” Athena asked. “Does that mean you need to eat three times as much?”