There is a brief pause where he has to squint at the man - not about bears, but about giants. Because... well, he doesn't know why he's surprised. There are "mages" in this world, after all, and a host of other things that don't make a lick of sense, including dragons. So why not giants?

"I'll keep that in mind if I ever have to go up against one," he said with the sincere hope he did not. "Did you need to kneecap a giant?"