"Keeping a contract short does make things simpler when under pressure...or heavily intoxicated."

Not that he'd know about that latter one, not him...

He took a moment to think, still petting the "cat" on his lap as he closed his eyes.

"You will not have access to those I have bound to my soul. Nor can you impel me to order them about. They made their contracts with me, not you. I will not add that level of complication into the mix."