Cougar listens to the question and keeps whittling at his slingshot as he debates his answer, finishing it up with a shrug like he hasn't really taken the time to care about how many people he sends pinecones at, especially not when it's not like Cougar's injured him (and he could've, he knows).

"Reaction," he explains. "Says much."

And judging by this man's reaction, he looks like he could handle himself plenty. Not too irritable to fly off the handle, but clearly not willing to let it go.