Nate was excited, and hoped to try on as many different heads as possible. Daryll stood by as his ten-year-old son removed his actual head and kept trying on the others.
Nate set his original head down in the empty case and then turned his body towards the others. He tried on an adult head with long golden hair, whom Daryll said was named Diego. Nate enjoyed having Diego's face as his own, but wanted to try on others, too. So, after a minute as Diego, he took the head off, put it back, and moved towards another cabinet.
This cycle continued for up to a full hour, with different heads resting on a ten-year-old's shoulders. Ben had short brown hair, Fred had a mustache, Zeke had stubble, Devon had a mullet, and James had a beard. Some had brown hair, some had black hair, some had red hair, and some had blonde hair. In some cases, the hair was dyed. Most of the heads were around Daryll's age, some were younger, some were older, and some were actually younger than Nate. It felt weird to try on Sam's five-year-old head, just as it was weird to wear Will's sixty-two-year-old head.
Nate had never felt so exilerated. He would be one person one minute, and then a completely difficult one the next. At times, he began to forget who he really was.
When the hour was up, Nate went back to get his actual head. As soon as put it back on, he truly felt like himself again.
He asked, "What now, dad?"