Everything turns to dust, and Dust, including the bears in the end.
To be afraid of death would be to reject his innate nature as a panserbjørn. Iorek is not afraid, or sad, simply ready. He has seen other worlds, travelled to their shores and tested the boundaries of life.
Rarely, he has found himself wondering if bears truly do not have souls because they do not have daemons, and what that would mean upon his own death. Panserbjørn do not go in for introspection. But he would like to know Lee again, when he becomes dust. And, maybe, Dust.
