How can he possibly answer that? If he told her of his thoughts concerning his alone place, she wouldn’t understand. When he’s tried in the past she got hurt and offered to leave. She tells him she may be a thief but would never steal from him because of all that he’s done for her and the kids. She tells him that she cares for him too much to scarp him—ever. Whatever that means. The point seems to be that he should trust her, but that is easier to say than do. Shell may be a thief but she is no shaman. She may recite his words back to him, but she does not understood Raccoon.