Actually, having a companion to the next village would be nice, Juno thought. at least he would have someone to talk to, instead of just the voices in his head. 

Juno watched the girl approaching them, he tuned to Bear and made a quick glance as if telling him to beware, but he could see that Bear already was on guard. He turned back to the girl. "Names Juno." He looked at Bear. "Should have introduced myself before, but now's a good a time as any." 

Turning back to face the girl, he stood at attention, still in case this was some ruse or trick. "What's your deal girl? What brings you out to this forest?" Juno asked, while being cautious. She could be one of the bandits that Bear was talking about. There was no way to be sure unless they extracted the info from her. 

And in the half a minute this was all occurring, Juno now felt comfortable enough to know that Bear was not the enemy. How much Juno could trust him though, now that was another matter altogether, but for now at least he knew Bear wouldn't attack him.