Totoka River So this is it....

Charon felt the urge to comfort Potema somehow when she looked sad, but there wasn't really anything he could do. It wasn't like they knew each other that well, after all, and she was right to look so shocked and frightened at the thought of a bear shredding someone to pieces. Charon wished he wouldn't have had to save Flóki; then maybe he could've somehow saved Atreyu, after Jorunn had been carried out to sea. He thought of Flóki then, and thought back to how hard it'd been on Levi when Kevlyn had been taken from them. Flóki seemed the same so far -- scared, apprehensive, quiet and above everything else, sad and lonely -- and Charon worried that he might fall behind in his growth process.

When Potema asked if he'd killed the bear, Charon frowned and sadly shook his head. If only. "I would've, if I didn't have to save my other sibling," he said with a sad expression on his face. "I saw the attack happening and I knew I had to just get my sibling to safety, or he might've died before I could kill the bear too." Charon didn't know for sure he would've actually been able to kill the bear, of course... But Potema didn't need to know that, since he wanted to impress her.