Now now, this is merely the failsafe! It's hardly a matter of whether or not I can. [His ego is too big to even consider that he can't do it tbh.] However, to come up with some means for allowing you to retain your wits when actively using corruption, I'll need to be able to research it firsthand. And naturally, to do that, I require a failsafe! I can't have my cute little familiar dying on me, after all.

[GONNA REACH OUT AND PINCH HIS CHEEK]

But if whatever method I come up with doesn't work-- well, we'll simply have to try another one!

[And heeere's the evil grin.]

After all, it's not as though you gave me a timeline to work with, yes? As long as I accomplish it sometime within your lifetime, I'm still abiding by the rules of our contract, aren't I?