`` question number one : where are your parents ? '' she shifted back and offered a hand to help him sit up . inside , she stamped the snow from her shoes . thats pretty simple , i said to him . she teased and was glad when he took it in the humorous way she 'd intended . the wound she 'd been carrying in her heart for these past eight years probably did n't help either . you were only a tool coyote used for his own purposes . 