"So it's a kind of justice." We're playing a game, here. A hypothetical thought experiment, not life-ruining. Hopefully. "Not in a law and order way. A cosmic balance way. Is art not a force of nature itself, yadda yadda, if reality is defined by what we make of it."

Mixing his philosophies, but Armand is clever enough to pick up that he's doing it on purpose. Daniel is the kind of person to understand philosophy but not put much value on it— finding the engagement between differences and balances across all the spectrums and schools more interesting. Enough that he feels confident in his understanding to be imprecise in their use.

"A removal of rot. What's my motivation? Is it ego? Do I get to decide, because my judgment is unassailable about this sort of thing? Or is it selfless? Do I just like this world because I live here, and it's a community service?"

Poking at the edges of a theory. Arrogance.