Why is Dirk's opinion of himself relevant to his Heroic/Just judgement?

The god tier clock is weighing in on the outcome of a narrative, and both Dirk and his murderer are author figures. In the conversation towards the end between Al and Aradia, Al demonstrates the idea of influencing the minds of the characters on the "chessboard" by using the specific text of the narration to frame events that happen anyway in specific ways, without actually taking control personally, using a martyr died and said fuck as an example. Since this action operates on the meta layer, it is conceivable that Al specifically going out of their way to narrate the judgement in this way directly guarantees Dirk's god tier clock will swing to Just.