To purge emotions... that was what the Volkovs taught.
Clarity... That was what he achieved with his hands, and what pushed his Will to awaken.
Two systems. Two truths.
One suppressed emotion to ascend, freeing themselves of its shackles. The other refined it, wielded it like a blade, or as a convenient ladder to ascend.
But to weaponize emotion, you first had to master it.
To master it… you must first be able to suppress it.
Once suppressed, it can becomes yours to wield.
Not as a shackle, but a sword.
He would weaponize it for freedom, so that never again would his fate be scripted by others. By no being; not by a man, not even by an apex lifeform. Only himself.
Clarity.
He would be a true assassin, but he would live. An assassin was contracted to kill, and rewarded for the completion of his job. In this case, the Existential Compendium would be his contractor, and the reward for each kill, would be power.
