Oh, Bear is very happy you're joining him down here, friendly human! Have some face licking.

"Bear," Finch scolds absently, the scolding not even making it into his tone as he listens, brows drawn together. He looks rather pale-faced at the mention of stabbing, and he is silent for a handful of seconds in the wake of Brier's soft concluding assessment.

He hesitates a moment, then asks cautiously, "Are you... religious at all? This would seem to qualify as a near-death experience for you."

Though not for him, and Finch rubs his hand absently back and forth on the counter, thinking.