"Well, not so much cocky," he said with a smirk. "Just.. honest. It's alright to be proud when there is reason to be proud." His sergeant gave him that advice once. And really, pride was one of his favorite sins, right up there with lust and violence.
"I met Sid here a couple months ago. He thought he was alone too, before he saw me. Turned out that he was at this same motel, when I had just applied for a room here." He chuckled. "And before you ask.. no, he sure can't afford it. But a friend of his had helped him get one."