His name is Lentils and his only friend is Rice. Together they make a fine dish.

Even though his therapist is helping him, throughout his life all Lentils wanted to do was be left alone. It's not that he doesn't like others, nor is it that others don't like him, but... Rice, being his only support, gives him good ideas and bad ideas to try out:

"Pour that coffee on the flank of Cherry to get her attention," said Rice. "And if she doesn't like you for that, shave your eyebrows to make it up to her."

Sufficing to say, poor Lentils can get very confused. It doesn't help that only he can hear Rice.