Pierce took a few days to prepare for wiping his hard drive. His memory. The whole of it. Getting rid of the mind Mísol constantly plagued. She couldn't be free. She couldn't be free to live because she was always there. No matter how far the original went there were copies. She did turn into Sylvia, and his doctor and the other employees at UNM. She had to go. He had to let her go, and with it a large part of himself and his memories as well. They both had to be erased to get rid of the large impression she had made.