An Extra’s POV

When considering things logically, humans are often bound by emotion.

Feelings of lethargy, or mental fatigue—perhaps depression and other negative states—tend to get in the way of productivity.

Objectively, humans could function for twelve straight hours—being productive throughout, as long as they had the sustenance and the barest minimum of rest to keep them going.

Eight hours of sleep, then four hours embedded in chunks between the twelve hours of constant productive work. These four hours would include feeding, excretion, resting, and the likes.

Every day. All day. Humans could achieve so much if they dedicated twelve hours of their time to their task.

But… that is rarely the case with people.

How much smarter would the average student be if they constantly dedicated twelve hours to their studies for the years they spent in school?

But, more often than not… they do not do this.

How much more money would be made by the average man if he chose not to take time off work, or indulge in needless breaks?

They simply can not help this, however.

Because inbuilt within humans is the poison of emotion, that makes it impossible to be productive a hundred percent of the time.

There's always something that interferes with the constant stream of productivity. Positive or negative… they still interfere with the necessary activities.

Students engage in pointless discourse, play games, watch movies, and fret over those they cultivate feelings for.

Workers get burnout and mental fatigue, even if their physical self is in a perfect state, if they monotonously focus over a single task for too long.

These shackles of emotions, especially the more negative aspects, make them overall harmful to productivity.

As such, they ought to be culled.

To make the ideal person—one who would be perfectly aligned to their goals—useless feelings would need to be eliminated.

… Permanently.

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how you feel,

feelings are irrelevant when

on Ater, constantly having his rising feelings being suppressed by the

"No… you're wrong."

away from Ater, but that didn't mean he couldn't see the

you mean by that,

play a key role in how I function." Rey sighed, raising his head

why he tried his hardest not to

my anxiety allows me to critically examine everything around me to make what I deem to be the best

a more automated version of himself. He would be able to act on what he thought was best after examining all the possibilities

his preferred method

this world, I had a long series of deliberations, and then I

to kill, but the choice was made before the Skill was

all responsibility

my actions through before I engage in them. They also allow me to learn from my

would feel the pain that came with it and

make me act without

was indeed something he was beginning to regret,

have ultimately been the best decision, and this suppression made me get to it faster, but… I would have thought things through a lot more if I

even without his consent made the whole

myself. My worrying, scared, insecure… but also critical, skeptical, and

would be left could only be described as a machine—a hollow

want that. And I don't think you want

He didn't say anything, but keenly stared at Rey with glassy eyes

he raised his

do you

sigh, his dark gaze piercing Ater's crimson

be the

a smile and nodded, even going as far as rendering a round of

splendid answer, Master!" He beamed brightly. "You never cease to impress

"E-eh…?"

surprisingly pleased

you were on board

way. I feel all kinds of emotions, Master! I'm not some kind of heartless

again, Rey was reminded of the kind of

is that so?" He strained a