All right, and here's mine for you: what was your first best friend like? (Can be a human, an animal, a conjured thing--who/whatever)

And my answer to you is not too imaginative, but it's one I feel strongly: crows, or catbirds. Crows because they surely have excellent tales to tell, what with the places they've been and the things they've seen, and catbirds because they're so inquisitive about people and so friendly seeming--I'd like to get to know one.