An Algorithmic Lucidity

"—but I am not a vengeful man."

"..."

"I mean, I'm proportionately vengeful, within the bounds of the moral law."

"I know it might seem like a lot to ask, but I wouldn't hesitate to do the same for you if our positions were reversed."

"I don't doubt that. But I can't help but notice that it would be easier for you to say it if the fact that they aren't reversed is—somehow—not a coincidence."