The trick with magical contracts forged from the mutual understanding of both parties is that there aren't any loopholes.
Contract yourself to take out the garbage by 5pm and decide you don't want to? Too bad. Maybe you can lock yourself out of the house so..... nope. Deciding to lock yourself out of the house is deciding not to take out the garbage. You can't fool yourself. What if you just went out to your sister's house and ran out of gas .... nope. That's also evading the contract. What if you didn't have any garbage bags? Well now you might be compelled to check.
The more you think about finding a way around your obligations, the more you restrict yourself from actually doing things that might accidentally result in a contract violation.
So many people on the discord (myself included)(join the discord it's so cool!) want Alden to find a loophole to tell Stu about his skill, but it's better that he doesn't even try. Otherwise Alden would tie his brain in knots and end up with nothing but more self-imposed rules.