The top lies you are told when you're young: 1) Being a kit is the best time of your life. 2) You will get adequate preparation for being an apprentice. 3) Just be yourself, and you'll be fine. I am always alone. Even in the large crowds of cats at sunhigh, even during the boring Clan meetings among others, I am always alone. But, it is admittedly worse when I'm by myself. At those times, when everything is silent, my thoughts creep up on me, overwhelming me. Sometimes the things that I think scare me. Sometimes they just make me sad. Birchheart watched jealously from across the clearing. I growled.