5 Life with added focus!

And so I went ahead with my day, studying for an hour at a time.

I immediately noticed how useful the upgrade was, as I managed to study for a full hour on economics, one of the most theory/writing subjects I have.

I got a full 10 Ep from that, about as good as 8 hours of sleep, or touching around 200 things for a few seconds. Yes, touching things is still a more efficient method, but if I go fully into that, I risk literal insanity. And I like being sane; it's fun, quiet, calm, you know?

"Yep, I know." Says George in a slightly lower pitched tone than normal. (AKA G_1 for ease of reference)

"So do I." Says George in a slightly higher pitched tone than normal. (AKA G_2 for ease of reference)

"So, what shall we do now?" Says G_0.

"How about we study physics?" Says G_1.

"Or we could study chemistry. Or calculus..." mentions G_2...

"How about no. I studied for an hour, I can have a small break. Also maybe eat some food. I do need to eat lunch at some point." Said G_0 with finality.

We come back later to George holding tightly onto his bed while trying to endure through the mental pain that he randomly experiences.

"System, quick question, can you tell where that pain is coming from?!"

[Ep + 3]

[Yes, of course, that is the experience of the host's brain being incapable of understanding a sudden onslaught of emotion, and so instead it begins shutting off in the hopes of protecting the soul that is the host.]

[Ep + 4]

[However, this is an extremely painful and ineffective process, and accomplishes nothing for the host.]

"Can you stop it??!!"

[To change this process would require 3.7 million Ep.]

"WHYY"

[Because this would require changing the fundamental way in which the host's brain functions. This would naturally require a lot of Ep.]

"Then how about allowing me to get through this level of pain naturally?!"

[The system does not understand the host. The host is already capable of withstanding this level of pain. Making the pain smaller would serve no purpose as, based on the memories of the host, the pain only lasts for a few minutes at most. It is yet to have any lasting effect on the host.]

"Oh if only I could swear, then I would swear so much at you system!"

(AN: I made a set of rules for myself to always follow. One of which is no swearing allowed. To date, I have sworn 16 times in living memory. Other rules will make a show later on.)

"Ahhhh, pains stopped. That is a lot better. Anyway, system, I think I heard a lot of Ep being gathered? Do you want to tell me how much I got?"

[Certainly Host. During this 'mental pain', the host received 50.7 Ep. The pain lasted for 50.7 seconds.]

"So 1 Ep a second instead of the normal 0.03-0.06 Ep I normally gain. That is roughly 20 to 30 times better than normal."

[That is roughly correct Host.]

"Yep. It is not worth it right now."

"mgh = 1/2mv^2 + 1/2Iw^2, and inputting how the height is sin(35) x 3.4, and how the equation for the rotational inertia of a cylinder is I = 1/2mr^2, then we can find that the equation is 1/2mv^2 + 1/2(1/2mr^2)w^2=mgh, and then if we continue to take out each variable using some basic algebra, we end up with sin(35) x 3.4 = (v^2)/(2g) + (r^2w^2)/(4g) . I could continue to simplify this further, but as an equation, it will work for now."

[Ep + 0.3]

"Well, that is a little bit more of my physics study done. Which is good."

"You know, I really do like this added focus. It has made studying quite a bit easier, and I have already probably increased the amount of Ep I earn every day by quite a bit."

"Honestly, this is pretty darn great. No complaints from me!"

System, what do you think?

[I am incapable of thinking host. I am not sentient.]

"Oh yeah. I am not going to stop asking that, that would go against a fundamental nature of myself, but okay, do as you like system!"