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,

Master… feelings are irrelevant when it comes to this

rising feelings being suppressed by the system, he finally

"No… you're wrong."

but that didn't mean he couldn't see the

do you mean by that,

how I function." Rey sighed, raising his head as

he tried his hardest not

to critically examine everything

that the process would take longer than a more automated version of himself. He would be

preferred

first life in this world, I had a

he used [Dead Calm] to make it easier to kill, but the choice was made before the Skill was

he bore all responsibility for

my actions through before I engage in them.

the pain that came with it and prevent such a thing

to those emotions will make me act without

something he was beginning to regret, but even that emotion was slowly

it would have ultimately been the best decision, and this suppression made me get to it faster, but… I

System controlling his emotions, even without his

some point, I'll stop being myself. My worrying, scared, insecure… but also critical, skeptical, and caring self…

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

don't want that. And I don't think you want

remained the same. He didn't say anything, but keenly stared at Rey with glassy

his brows

you

a sigh, his dark gaze piercing Ater's crimson

no longer be the

Ater quickly broke into a smile and nodded, even going

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

"E-eh…?"

he looked at Ater's surprisingly pleased expression. He expected some other kind of

thought you were on board with the whole emotional

Master! I'm not some kind of heartless Monster. Whenever I cause chaos and calamity… I revel in

was reminded of the kind of entity

that so?" He strained a