The Early Chapters

“What was the first time you realised we were going to be proper friends?”

“What was the first real thing you trusted me with?”

“When was the first time we laughed until it actually hurt?”

“What did you get wrong about me in the early days?”

“What is one of the earliest running jokes or private languages we developed?”

“What was the first test this friendship passed?”

“What did your family — or whoever you were with at the time — make of the new friend?”

“Describe the era we became friends in — ours, specifically.”

“Who were you back then that you no longer are?”

“When did you first defend me to someone else?”

“How quickly did this friendship go deep — and why do you think it could?”

“Pick the early story about us that has been most improved in the retelling — and write down what actually happened.”