The bear rubbed his head against the hand of his host, snuffling silently as she introduced herself. "Scathach? Heavy name, lots of meaning. Time weathered and smart. Scathach is a good name." He turned his head to the new man who appeared and then fell into slumber, a warrior who fell in battle. Like Sukoh. This was a rest he deserved, most definitely. "You have never seen, but have felt? Ah. You feel through others, but not yourself. A seer not a doer, yes? Watchers, Dreamers, Seers, they watch us in days and see our lives. Someone watched me one day, saw my struggle. Brought me back, gave me strength. You are like them, yes?"

A heathenish creature appeared around her hand, monstrous and giant. A true terror to behold, and it looked through at her. Speech that was as black as the depths of time that separated its time and his own. Then it vanished, and the woman turned its attention back to him. His eyes were wide and two tears rolled from each eye. A monster, more fearsome than the one who had felled him not a day ago. The enormous bear shuddered at the thought of such a creature.

Then her voice brought his attention back to her. She spoke sorrowful at first, and then with a seemingly reserved happiness. He waved it off. "Sukoh was not doing much before Scathach awoke him. I have time. And my story will seem boring to one so time experienced. But since you asked." 

His noise pointed upwards and he sat back onto his bear tush, fat trembling with the force. "Sukoh was once a normal bear, a hunter and gatherer. I ate many fish, and so many berries. Winter was coming and sleep was near, Sukoh loves sleep." It was as though his speech was labored, as though it wasn't something that came wholly natural to him. Short speech was easy, but this was a story. "One day a cruel bear, an angry bear, a bear who was not smart. That bear attacked a human cub, he killed and ate her. And the humans were scared. They attacked the bears, I fought back. Sukoh died then, and was in a place like this. And then I was sent back, bigger, with power. Sukoh scare away the humans, and kept them from hurting the bears." 

The bear dropped back down, putting his head close to her once more. "I can now walk in places where I couldn't before. And other animals allow me to eat them now. Sukoh got fat from no chase, but never got weak. Sukoh is big and strong, strong enough to protect." His eyes cast downwards in a bit of shame. "Not smart enough to stop the monster before. He was too strong, but Sukoh hopes he slowed him. Dragons there though, dragons will help."

His nose pointed to the spot where the image had shown. "Sukoh has answered your request for stories, yes? Now I want to know. Who was that monster? And why does he seem so evil?"