diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/dialoguemanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/dialoguemanagerimp.cpp
index be0a1b1638..8d9dc670f2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/dialoguemanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/dialoguemanagerimp.cpp
@@ -182,10 +182,20 @@ namespace MWDialogue
                     win->addResponse (Interpreter::fixDefinesDialog(info->mResponse, interpreterContext));
                     executeScript (info->mResultScript);
                     mLastTopic = Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(it->mId);
-                    break;
+                    return;
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        // No greetings found. The dialogue window should not be shown.
+        // If this is a companion, we must show the companion window directly (used by BM_bear_be_unique).
+        bool isCompanion = !mActor.getClass().getScript(mActor).empty()
+                && mActor.getRefData().getLocals().getIntVar(mActor.getClass().getScript(mActor), "companion");
+        if (isCompanion)
+        {
+            MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->pushGuiMode(MWGui::GM_Companion);
+            MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->showCompanionWindow(mActor);
+        }
     }
 
     bool DialogueManager::compile (const std::string& cmd,std::vector<Interpreter::Type_Code>& code)