Jake winces at that tone though, drawing back against the edge of the hot spring. All he can hear in his head is Cougar reminding him at the costume party thing that Cougar himself was hard to live with. Obviously he hadn't counted on how hard it is caring about Jake, especially when he's as off kilter as this place leaves him.

He starts to open his mouth. To argue, to babble about why he's feeling so lost, and why this is hard for him. He doesn't think Cougar wants to hear that though. Not with that tone, with the frustration he's feeling towards the things Jake does. Instead he nods.

"It won't happen ag... I'll try and keep it from happening again." Because he hadn't done this intentionally. It was an accident because he'd been trying to help the village. His gaze is fixed on the water between them, wishing somehow whatever this is would just let him sink into the ground. His luck he'd solidify like that and die.