So the fact that Alice can’t be viewed as having any coherent relative value for apples and oranges, corresponds to her ending up with qualitatively less of some category of fruit (without any corresponding gains elsewhere).
It’s possible that the fruit has negative value, and that the behavior aims to reduce the total negative value.
The situations:
8a1o, 0a3o, 2a2o, 5a1o.
If apples are minus two and oranges are minus seven then all trades are rational. 8a1o is valued at −23, 0a3o is valued at −21, 2a2o is valued at −18, 5a1o is valued at −17.
It’s possible that the fruit has negative value, and that the behavior aims to reduce the total negative value.
The situations:
8a1o, 0a3o, 2a2o, 5a1o.
If apples are minus two and oranges are minus seven then all trades are rational. 8a1o is valued at −23, 0a3o is valued at −21, 2a2o is valued at −18, 5a1o is valued at −17.