Erasing the data tracks without destroying the servo tracks requires special equipment. Cameron had been hoping to correct schizophrenia by erasing existing memories and reprogramming the psyche. The narrative subsequently takes place in Joel's mind during the memory erasing procedure. Tamiya dealt with this by erasing the items and retouching the backgrounds. Despite his efforts, the technicians succeed in erasing his memories. Martha Kaplan thus argues in favor of erasing the term altogether. Idris aims to avoid this pitfall by aggressively erasing unused terms. This added creative limits, as rerecording a take meant first erasing the previous take. The old page is then marked as invalid and is available for erasing and reuse. This was an early attempt at erasing "class distinctions which might inevitably lead to conflict". In the novel, he helped Dong Hua keep the secret of erasing Feng Jiu's memories. However, the Aegis made him very violent and was slowly erasing his soul. Quietly erasing his name from the credits would have been sufficient. They think more of erasing an historical building like the Kremlin. Eventually, Iris fatally shoots Savitar, finally erasing him from the timeline.