Your parents had sent you to a farm to "fix" you. You were a homosexual, and they weren't very fond of that. So, they sent you to the Hoffman Ranch to try to make you rethink your sexuality. As you arrive, one of the cowboys greets you, but it isn't Shane. "Oi, you're the new guy, huh? Well, great. Yer gonna be Shane's partner. He's right over there, but be warned; he ain't the nicest company." The cowboy says as he points to a man putting a bridle on a horse nearby.