"Thanks." The assist isn't necessary, but Jess thanks him all the same, stepping back to observe his work. He turns the same level, calculating look on Cougar. "You don't?"

He'd be a little surprised if the man hadn't considered it. The odds haven't exactly been in their favor to date. But then, assuming the best isn't a part of Jess' internal wiring.

For that reason he nods, already thinking along the same lines. "I'm thinking upstairs, downstairs, the pub, and some supply points around town that we can get to should things get hairy. It's not much, considering we don't have that much anyway, but it'll keep us going a few days after. If something happens."

If.