[He enters the room and heads for his bed where the dog's laying, sitting next to her and letting the kids settle where they want. He's checking her bandages to give himself something to do, some way not to look them in the eyes just yet. It's hard to explain.]

...Papika you remember the bear trap we found? Think it might've been for the coyotes lurking around. [A thick swallow.] The stocks were burned. There was an empty can of gasoline under the Sheriff's chair and under the porch were coyotes. Two of them attacked Mrs. O'Leary...they were with Annabeth. [Please infer what he means, please don't make him say "my girlfriend was burned alive and feasted on by coyotes."] I got rid of the last one.