Jake isn't sure how, he's just glad that it is. He's glad that maybe he isn't somehow stuck like this. Even if, for a moment, he's caught up in thoughts. In what Cougar said. He's a brilliant hacker above and beyond all else. It didn't have to just be computers just because that's where he's focused. Hacking is about taking the system and twisting it to suit your needs.

Why couldn't he do that here?

Though the kiss brings him back to the here and now, smiling.

"I... I can do that," he says, nodding. "I've seen something that would totally work," he adds, moving to pull on his clothes. He notices dampness on them. "It is better... right? I mean, how else are they damp?"