That's how it works, huh? You get dealt a bad hand in life, but you just gotta make it work, no other way around it.

[ He huffs and sinks back into his seat. ]

...I don't want her to go out and get a contract either. That sorta stuff's just going to put ideas in her head, you know!! I gotta make it so she knows to rely on me first, not any daemon or fey.