"It's a compliment. You're tall and strong and can be dangerous when you feel threatened, and you're very masculine but you'd do anything to protect little ones. Those are things I associate with bears." Lust shrugged. After finishing another bite of her waffle, she held up a finger and went on.

"And your arms. You look like it would be nice to be hugged by you. I think it would be nice to hug a bear - the term 'bear-hug' came from somewhere, I suppose."

Perhaps not the most romantic of compliments, but he did look like he'd be very pleasant to hug. And so did bears.