Cougar smirks as he thinks about all the things that he could get out of Jake for this. He could get food, he could get backrubs, he could probably even get all the sweets that Jake finds or the liquor. That's not what he wants, though. What he wants is something that he's been playing a long game for (and, admittedly, is happening now mostly because the unit is disbanded).

Is he planning to announce it now?

No.

"You'll see," is all he says, intending to collect on that life-oweing favour when Jake least expects it and he smirks as he thinks about how good it's going to be when it happens.