The Sunlit Man

by Brandon Sanderson

wished that this sort of sentiment was rarer. He’d seen it in guards, in watchmen, in soldiers. He saw it in the eyes of anyone who got a thrill from having others in their power. The stronger the person they could push around, the more intoxicating they found it.

You should tell her, the knight interjects, that is basically the entire point of math. Explaining stuff everyone already knows.