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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that really how

I said, Master… feelings are irrelevant when it comes

rising feelings being suppressed by

"No… you're wrong."

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

you mean by

Rey sighed, raising his head as he

why he tried his hardest not to rely on [Dead Calm]

the future and my anxiety allows me to critically examine everything around me to make

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

was his preferred

world, I had a long series of deliberations, and then I finally made that

make it easier to kill, but the choice

all responsibility for

lot of my actions through before I engage in them. They

went belly-up, he would feel the pain that came with it and prevent such a

emotions will make me act without consequence." Rey could already see

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

the best decision, and this suppression made me get to it faster, but…

the System controlling his emotions, even without his consent made

some point, I'll stop being myself. My worrying, scared, insecure… but also

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

I don't think you want

but keenly stared at Rey with glassy eyes and a

his brows and

do you think

heaved a sigh, his dark gaze piercing

I would no longer be the Master you swore

into a smile and nodded, even going

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

"E-eh…?"

eyes widened slightly as he looked at Ater's surprisingly pleased expression. He expected some other

were on board

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

Rey was reminded of the kind of

that so?" He strained a