[quote=@Skyswimsky]
So it occured to me that, because people don't die when they are killed inside the Nexus, a lot of shit I wrote makes zero fucking sense. Like taking a hostage and telling them their life is assured. Not to mention, the way Pilot Guy works would have been he would have shot himself so he doesn't end up as some demonified slave rather than wasting his last bullet for nothing >_>. Idk what to do about that now.
[/quote]

Assume the pilot new to the warfront, a green horn who lost their head in the face of imminent demise. While death isn't the definitive ending to life inside the Nexus, mankind doesn't not live in the Nexus and can still die outside of it, so mankind has not lost the innate fear of death unless they go full cyborg and stuff.

Also he is a dumb red shirt who was panicking. Panicked humans do things that are not rationale, which is why they have the Machina doing the brunt of the work as they are almost always rationale until they get corrupted.

So really you can leave him as is, because you can't expect everyone to keep their head together when under heavy bombardment, fighting their own turncoats, and being infiltrated by scary ladies of a demonic nature :3