Undoubtedly the most intelligent of his boys. Undoubtedly the worst at instinct survival of his boys. Sometimes prone to outbursts of insanity. Sometimes prone to outbursts of sanity and nothing but. Kowalski was proably the most inpredictable person Skipper had ever come across who wasn't his enemy.
What wasn't inpredictable was the nature of his inventions. They never ended well, either exploding violently or threatening to doom them all. His creations were something to be feared in Skipper's experience. Kowalski, however, was not.
He had known Kowalski for years. For years it had just been the two of them. They'd managed only just and struggled until Manfredi and Johnson and then Rico came along, but that wasn't the point.
Kowalski was his first 'brother'. In truth,Kowalski was the one he trusted most to do the right thing, to lead the others. He didn't show it often, how much he cared for him, but Kowalski knew. And that was all that mattered to him.
