Even though Atlas had great apprehension about the changes of the future, he was still confident that he could not change it now. Which meant he had to wait.
"All right. That still doesn't change the fact that I can't have you under my command," Atlas replied to the girls.
The hopeful look on the faces of all three girls had been diminished by his uttering those words. Atlas needed the people who followed him in the future. After all, he had once tried and failed to save humanity on his own.
Now he was in a situation where he had to try to save the world, even if he didn't care about many things and even if being a hero was not on his mind.
And when he was officially brainwashed by humanity and sacrificed his life for them, he could not even think of saving the world alone when he was alone and everyone he tried to save was dead.
