Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27252392-20161023022308/@comment-24020008-20170301204601

The fragments are him, just parts of him. If he didn't erase the memories of the fragments, then he didn't erase his memory because what part of Epsilon isn't Epsilon? He fragmented himself, erasing the memories in the process. Epsilon doesn't exist anymore. If the fragments kept their memories, then who's memories did Epsilon erase? No one's. Which is contradictory to what he said he'd do.

The fragments supposedly are starting as blank slates, having the personalities but not any memories of Project Freelancer or the adventures of Epsilon, including the dog tags. Having the fragments remember stuff would be a retcon.