Bear is here now, but Finch isn't and John wishes that wasn't the case. Although he was the one to find Bear, the one who rescued him from those gangsters, the one who recognized him for the well trained dog that he is, he's still ultimately Finch's companion before he's John's. His friend should still be here, his friend should be the one Bear lives with.

Finch had needed Bear more than John ever had, although he has to admit he's a comfort now that Finch is gone.

"Maybe a bit more difficult for you," he says, although considering he'd been on the verge of death, maybe that's not quite true. John is basing this entirely on the man's speech, on the cadence of his sentences. "It sounds like you're not from a world quite like this one."