"I'm not leaving," Cougar tells him, "so get used to me," he adds, because he's still convinced that Tim is going to sneak out in the middle of the night to go start looking under rocks for whatever mischievous gnomes or things he thinks might be doing this. On the one hand, it's frustrating, of course.

On the other, if Cougar got bit, he has a feeling there might have been some actual injuries, so it's a good thing that he hadn't been. "Rest, I have your six."