AU: What if Rath was hiding a secret deeper than even Kirito knew? A.I. may have been the final product of Project Alicization, but the doctors at Rath had been harboring another, darker experiment below STL in the Ocean Turtle. What if Eugeo and Alice had met a different fate? What if they were out there somewhere in the real world? Could finding each other return lost memories? Published originally on my fan fiction account: Kahail Cover art by me. Rated M for strong language, mature, and possibly triggering themes. I will be going back throughout and fixing any grammar or rewrites from the original.