I'm not much of a pet person. [Was that a joke? It was close. As close as he's going to get today at any rate. No, he doesn't expect Jack and Spike to always be there. Before the Tyki thing that never really bothered him, he was always reasonably able to take care of himself in most dangerous situations. But here he doesn't have any of the resources of Torchwood, no technology or weapons he can use to keep himself safe. Here there's none of that safety net and he would never have thought about it if he hadn't been tortured and killed.]