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

I said, Master… feelings are irrelevant when it comes to

down on Ater, constantly having his rising feelings being suppressed by the system, he finally loosened his clenched fist

"No… you're wrong."

turned away from Ater, but that didn't mean

do you mean by that,

play a key role in how I function." Rey sighed, raising his head as he stared at the

not to rely

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

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

his preferred method

this world, I had a

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

all responsibility for

to think a lot of my actions through before I engage in them. They also allow me to learn from my mistakes

he would feel the pain that came with it and prevent such a thing from

act without consequence." Rey could already

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

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

controlling his emotions, even without

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

described as a machine—a hollow

that. And I don't think you want that

didn't say anything, but keenly

his brows

you think

he heaved a sigh,

I would no longer be the Master you swore loyalty

quickly broke into a smile and nodded, even going as far

answer, Master!" He beamed brightly. "You

"E-eh…?"

pleased expression. He

you were on board with the whole

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

reminded of the kind of entity he was speaking to; a Chaotic

is that so?" He strained