[And he barely even noticed the implied question. Maybe the bear is just such a normal part of his day that he doesn't even register it as unusual anymore- he's guilty of that himself, in his own way.

He doesn't chase it up, regardless.]

Hmm. I'm not so sure. If you just woke up like this after having slept for a reasonably long time, it seems unlikely that you caught it from somewhere else recently. How long have you been asleep for?