Uttu the Spirit Bear, seems bugged?

[sankarul]

Hi!

I found this spirit bear, Uttu the Spirit Bear, in an explorable.

I realized one of the options when talking to him was to give him something I happened to have. That item being.... [hide]Smouldering Ash[/hide]

I tested the option just out of curiosity. His words were, after a little bit of conversation, "Take this and remember me, as I shall remember you."  But! He gave me nothing. All I got was -1 of the item  above.

So I'm guessing something broke?