Well come to think of it I guess without a dead Nepeta there wouldn't be a Fefeta. However if there's no dead Equius maybe that'll mean that AR won't get prototyped? I don't know, it just seems like something which might affect what happens since AR seems to be kind of... not sure how to describe it, they seem a little malicious to me.

There’s a great theory out there suggesting that AR/Lil’ Hal eventually becomes Doc Scratch