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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really how you

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

having his rising feelings being suppressed by the system, he finally loosened his clenched fist

"No… you're wrong."

didn't mean

mean by that,

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

tried his hardest not to

of the future and my anxiety allows me to critically examine everything around me to make what I deem to be

matter that the process 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

was his preferred

world, I had a long series of deliberations,

kill, but the choice was made before the

such, he bore all responsibility for his

my aversion to those allows me to think a lot of my actions through before I engage in them. They

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

me act

decision to feed two of his Skills to [Sacrifice] was indeed something he was beginning to

made me get to it

System controlling his emotions, even without his consent made the whole process seem

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

described as

I don't think you want that

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

he raised his

do you

heaved a sigh, his dark

no longer be the Master you

even going as far as rendering a

a splendid answer, Master!" He beamed brightly.

"E-eh…?"

surprisingly pleased expression. He expected some other kind

thought you were on board with the whole

some kind of heartless Monster. Whenever I cause chaos and calamity… I

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

so?"