"There is much time here now to understand," Cougar says, not to push, but because he also doesn't want to see his friend unhappy just because he doesn't think he has the time for romance in his life. "Besides, you can have physical fun without love," is his sly, smirking retort. After all, he's very good at that and it's what's kept him sane, sometimes. In Bolivia, especially, it had been all that stood between him and madness, some days.