Not having any friends or anyone who cares for him Billy began to spend more time with his Kestrel "Kes", eventually confiding in Kes, using her to escape the harsh realities of the real world Billy came to love the Kestrel and

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The darkened cloud over Billy's head as he walks through the ally-as dark as the night's sky-that leads him deeper and deeper in to the nothingness of his life just seems to be becoming darker by every minute of every hour of every day. Until he takes a wrong turn at one of the stops and comes across a Kestrel lying in agony upon the floor of the woods, having tumbled from its nest in the high branches of the trees. Billy's life was given meaning once again as he took pleasure in the highly professional task of training a Kestrel. Along with the Kestrels presence Billy's dreams stayed alive and possible. All it took for Billy's dreams to be shattered and his life turn grey once again was one Jud:

"I'd have bloody killed him if I'd have got hold of him this afternoon"

"Well what's he crying about then?"

"Because he's killed my Hawk instead that's why"

With these words Billy's dreams were shattered his life would never be the same.

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