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Envy, a despised feeling, but a powerful motivator and probably one of the many reasons behind human progress. Without it we’d still be living in huts and dressing with leaves and furs because, really, that’s all we need to survive. But we have desires, and most of them will never be fulfilled. So we look at that other with envious eyes, wishing to have what we should, what we absolutely deserve by birth right. We feel humiliated. Angry. We eat the ball of bitterness. Maybe we trace a parabola with a big stick close to whatever happens to be in the trajectory. But maybe, just maybe, we recreate and perfect what we desire. Envy, humiliation and willpower can be a good mix after all.
By the way, there’s Pong there again. It’s helping Ace with the robot. The poor thing is quite underused in the story so far. But it’ll have it’s moment to shine later on.
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