“You got sharp nails, baby. I’m not a tree.” Ash jumped on the bed and helped me get up from my afternoon nap, but I am reminded that even when a cat is feeling sociable and wants to play with you, you can only be so intimate. Bo, on the other hand, would stand with his forepaws on my chest, without digging into my flesh, and lick my face again and again, and then we would go outside for ten minutes or so. Yes, I am going to say it again: I really miss my best friend. It has been years now - five years, five years minus a few days.