Cougar's been sitting very quietly at the edge of this conversation. He's not one to speak. Speaking is the last thing he wants to do, but the more and more people keep talking about not trusting something because it might be tainted is one more spark of conversation that he disagrees with so much that he needs to speak. He gives Watney a sharp look and a nod of approval before turning on Jo and giving her a pointed look.

"Everyone here eats eggs from a chicken that came in a box," he says, his words heavily accented and fast considering his discomfort with English. "You give me a bow and better arrows or someone else who knows what to do and we can start to bring down bigger game and not worry about the rabbit and fish population. You figure a way to preserve and we have time to get the crops going."

His eyes are sharp and he doesn't care what enemy they might be facing.

"Don't trust all you want, but I'm staying alive and I'll drag you all with me if I have to." And if they won't consent to giving him the bow, he'll just have to see if he can't find a way to procure it by his own means.