"Julie and I talked for a half hour," Cougar replies, because he really does like Jensen's sister. And more than that, if all things go well, he's going to want to get even closer to her because they're going to be family, aren't they? At least, in his very hopeful mind.

He mutters a Spanish curse about how Jake is ignoring all the hard work he'd done, thinking of the months and the pricked thumbs of this. He neatly, cautiously tears it open and draws it out reverently. "This pen pal, you talked about him a little in Bolivia," he mentions, off-hand. "You sound like you really like him."