In the second part of Capote's “In Cold Blood” the reader learns that Willy J is Perry's real friend. Willy J was one of Perry's cell mates at the Kansas Penitentiary. Willy J and Perry become companions in Perry's stay at the jailhouse. Perry and Willy J connected on a very intellectual level with Perry being a poet and Willy J being a chaplain's clerk. Perry realized that Willy J and himself connected but did not want to “risk forfeiting the one friend who had ever “truly understood” him.” (Capote 43). Willy J did truly understood Perry since he understood the flaw that Perry possessed, being unable to control his anger. If a companion begins to understand another man's flaw, they know the other person, and care about them to help them in the future. Later in the book Perry was debating whether to leave Dick, and find a path by himself since since, he “always been a loner, and without any real friends, except the gray haired, gray eyed and brilliant Willy J.”(124) This quote describes Perry's childhood as always being friend-less and always being alone. Then Willy J is mentioned, however his adjectives are, gray haired, gray eyed and brilliant. When one refers to one being gray haired they refer to to them being old, thus wise. Since Willy J was as bright as Perry they connected and became real friends. They shared the love for singing and writing which also strengthened the relationship.