Valeria nearly choked with embarrassment when the merchant asked her if the bear was a trained wrestling bear. Very slowly, her face beet red, the paladin relinquished her hold on her fuzzy and enormous animal friend, edged to the door of the tavern, and called out, "Um.....Lanethe?<em> <strong>Laneeeeethe</strong></em>! Someone wants to hire your bear if it's a trained wrestling bear!" She coughed and said to the merchant, holding up her symbol of Veritas, "The animal is not mine, although I'm sure his owner--no, his companion, owner is not the right word when referring to a ranger's companion, his companion would be the correct person to discuss this with."