DISCLAIMER: Smoke does not exist without fire as surely as life cannot take form without an incubator.

A girl stood in front of a puppy. To the dog-master, she said, “Make this dog inaggressive and perfect.”

“This is a contradiction, miss,” the man said.

“This is how I want him.”

“As you wish.”

…

“Hey, Reynald. Fight me.”

“No. You’ll lose. You are not a kid in what you can confront me with. That much I admit. However, I came from a family of hardworking, articulate money-makers. I trained myself from day one. You don't have enough gear to make up for the difference in our stats. You will have to make more habits before I can avoid holding back. I expect that you will one day be 50% of what I am today.”

“I trust what you say.”

...

Obliterate yourself. Point your gun to your head. Fire the cartridge into your brain and die.

“Select your design and I shall execute it,” the woman told the man.

The hero strove against the design of the villain. “Very well. No one knows if it is as you say or the contrary. I have harnessed my skills.”

The opponent in the mirror is ‘me’.

~Inspiration: Adler, a psychologist of the late 19th century.

#To continue the above train of thought, I have not accounted for entropy/information paradox, other than evil/good designs as per determinations. There is the element of probability as well.