more along the lines of:

C: I'd like to get enough bricks to build a house
II: I'm sorry, comrade, I can only give you enough bricks for half a house
C: What am I going to do with half a house?
II: I'm sorry, but I can only give half of what people ask for. If I give them everything they ask for, people will think I'm too nice. If I give them nothing, they think I'm too mean. So I give everyone half of what they ask for, and that makes me fair.
C: Oh. Can I have enough bricks to build 2 houses?
II: I'm sorry, I can only give enough bricks to build one house.
C: Alright.

-Z That's an actual exchange from a kids story I had on LP

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