[ Scott isn't... actually likely to make Locus into some kind of project. He's just very aware that his luck is shit and Duplicity is what it is.

In short 'not rely on anyone else' is the plan. The contingency is 'make sure he's not allergic to dogs' level of information gathering so he knows which way to jump when the plan inevitably fails.

But meanwhile. ]

I'm not sure what 'you didn't imply' is in response to. I'm terrible at people, and communication that's not a barked set of orders, though. I'm just trying to explain why 'are you allergic to dogs' is a thing that's coming up.