TAKES PLACE BEFORE HE TURNS INTO A BEAR. You're the person he goes to for advice sometimes but not always. When he met the witch who gave him a vial with a spell to make him stronger he gave her his ring with the family seal. The only thing he had left of his family with him after the four brothers declared war on each other. He told you about what the witch gave him but he didn't really care about your opinion on it. He hadn't drank the spell yet.