Cougar's not an idiot, he knows this. Nodding, he has to think that if Jake were at his full fighting capacity, he'd have been put down in a way that would have him maybe slapping the ground for mercy. Lucky for him, Jake hadn't been at full strength and now he gets to sit on the counter and feed him potatoes.

Not a bad day, even if the entertainment had been Jake stripping naked to get into the river. "Prove it," Cougar says instead of something wise and cautious, because maybe he likes living on the dangerous side.