" You do not wish him dead?” said the twain.
“No,” I said. “I don’t wish anyone dead.”
“He would not have any pity for you if your places were reversed.”
“It isn’t pity,” I said. “It’s . . . I don’t know. Something else. Humanity?”
“Is that what humanity looks like?” said the twain. “Would that all humans possessed humanity. "
― William Ritter , The Dire King (Jackaby, #4)