He raises both eyebrows when Jake meets his gaze, trying to ignore the part where his calm is ruined by the fact his heart is pounding in his chest, trying madly to escape given that Cougar is desperately worried that he's been wrong to keep things so quiet, but Bolivia hadn't been good and before that, DADT had also been a problem.

"I thought maybe now was a good time to introduce myself," is his hushed comment. "Especially now that we are out of the Army."