Thread:MyProjectAlicization/@comment-15274870-20130611005232/@comment-6697950-20130611102048

The STL is not used to erase memories, it's only used to intercept memories (meaning that you still have them deep within your brain and might even get flashbacks, but you won't remember much of them without anything triggering your memory).

The Kirito after the prologue has his RL memories, but doesn't have his first UW dive memories, though he seems to have flashbacks now and then. He does mention RL people, but only within his own thoughts, as it's kind of difficult to explain to the people in UW that they are just lights within a computer and that Kirito comes from a very different world.