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==Short summary==

==Short summary==

*[[Lain]] tells [[Alice]] about how [[memories]] can be rewritten

*[[Lain]] tells [[Alice]] about how [[memories]] can be rewritten

<p style="text-align:justify">The power lines are humming. It is dusk outside. Alice is walking towards Lain’s house. She looks up at Lain’s window and sees the mass of wires extending from the house. She pushes the doorbell. When no one responds, she opens the gate and heads for the front door. The door is already open. Alice tentatively walks into the house. She is shocked to see the house is in total disarray. Graffiti is sprayed on the walls. Mountains of trash line the floors. Alice maintains polite custom and removes her shoes before heading further into the house. She softly calls, “Lain?” No matter where she looks everything is a mess. As she gets closer to the staircase she notices the house is filled with a strange mist. The stench of the air chokes her and she has to stifle a cough. Alice begins to climb the stairs. She is forced to take a step back when she sees Mika sitting on a step. Mika is using her hand phone and saying, “Pee…pee…gaaa.” Alice is frightened and slams herself into the wall. She puts her hands to her head and cries, “No.” when she looks up again, Mika is gone. Alice determinedly resumes her climb up the stairs. She swallows her fear and approaches Lain’s door. She gently pushes the door open and asks, “Is this Lain’s room?” Alice stumbles past all the machinery that is Lain’s Navi system. She calls, “Lain.” Alice’s eyes widen and she jumps back and knocks over some equipment. Lain’s arm is raised just in front of her. Lain emerges from under a pile of wires and clothes. Alice yells, “Lain!” Lain slowly replies, “A..li…ce?” Fear is in Alice’s face but she has come to confront Lain and get her questions answered. Alice asks, “Lain, what did you do?” Lain appears to be somewhat dazed. She replies, “Nothing. I was only watching.” Alice snaps, “What?” Lain just smiles at her. Alice says, “I… I thought that I’d gone crazy. But that’s not it. Why did you leave only mine?” Lain remains silent. Alice continues, “Why did you leave only my memory?” Alice falls to her knees. She is crying. Alice asks, “Why? Why do I only have to remember such a painful memory?” Tears are streaming down Alice’s face. She yells at Lain, “Do you hate me that much? Lain?” Lain looks up at Alice. She is confused by this angry response to all her hard work to erase the rumors about Alice. Shouldn’t she be happy things are better? No one knows about her and the teacher. Alice says, “I can no longer bear this…” Lain says, “No, Alice,” and moves closer to her distraught friend. Lain is now only inches from Alice. Lain says, “Because I don’t want to make you sad.” Alice cries, “No, you did this!” Lain moves closer to Alice. Their faces are almost touching. Lain says, “Alice was alright. You became my friend even though I didn’t connect to you.” Alice says, “What are you saying?” Lain pushes her face closer to Alice’s, almost as if she is going to kiss her, but instead she says, “Alice is my only friend. I don’t need to connect to you.” Alice sits back, away from Lain. “Connect? What do you mean?,” Alice asks. Lain closes her eyes and smiles. She answers, “Everybody and me…” then again gets herself right up into Alice’s face. Alice turns, gets up and runs to get away yelling, “NO!” Lain says, “I love Alice.” Alice stops and turns to Lain and says “Do you know what you are saying?” Lain replies, “Humans have all been connected in their unconsciousness. I’m just reconnecting them. Alice says, “Lain, you…?” Lain interrupts, “I did nothing . Nothing to do with ‘I’ was real here or there. But I was there. I am a program designed to break the barrier between the real World and the Wired.” Alice repeats, “Lain is a program?” Lain explains, “Alice and everyone else are just applications too. In fact, you don’t need your flesh.” Alice and Lain stare at each other. Alice drops back onto her knees. She gently reaches out one of her hands to cup the side of Lain’s face. Lain is startled by her touch. Alice’s face softens as she says, “No.” Lain says, “Eh?” Alice continues, “I’m not sure. But I think you’re wrong. Your body is cold but it’s alive.” Alice removes her hand from Lain’s face. She then takes one of Lain’s hands between her own and places it on her chest. Alice says, “Mine is too. Here.” She allows Lain to feel her beating heart. The two girls remain in that position for several minutes. Alice says, “Doki doki.” (This is a Japanese phrase that is supposed to signify the sound of a beating heart- Shades) Lain repeats, “Doki doki.” The two girls continue to repeat this in unison, then start to laugh. Lain asks, “Why? Why?” Alice replies, “Because I’m scared. My heart is racing because I’m scared.” Lain notes, “But Alice is also laughing.” Alice agrees, “Yes, but I’m scared. I’ve been scared. I wonder why?” Lain repeats, “Why?” The voice of Masami Eiri answers so only Lain can hear, “She is afraid of losing her flesh. You can control that emotion by dodging the impulses of the brain.” Masami appears behind Lain. He is not visible or audible to Alice. Masami continues, “You can refuse unpleasant impulses. You can choose only pleasant and comfortable things.” Lain replies, “Really?” Alice asks, “Lain, are you talking to someone?” Masami says, “Lain if you love her, why don’t you connect with her?” Lain replies, “I don’t know.” Alice grabs Lain by the hands and demands, “Lain, who are you talking to?” Masami says, “You have a little bug. No problem. I’ll debug you for a long time. Come, Lain.” Masami reaches for Lain. Alice jumps as she sees a ghostly hand reach for her friend. Alice stands up and backs away and shrieks. Lain says, “I can’t understand you, God.” Alice gasps, “Are you talking to God?” Masami asks, “What can’t you understand, Lain?” Lain says, “You could make the Wired free from devices. Telephones, televisions, networks. Without them you can’t do a thing.” Masami agrees, “Yes, they were born with human evolution. The most evolved person has the right to evolve them…” Lain turns to look at him and asks, “Who gave you that right?” Masami gasps. Alice becomes even more afraid. Lain states, “A program to synchronize to a peculiar resonance of the Earth is Protocol 7. It makes the group of the unconscious into a consciousness. Did you really invent it by yourself?” Masami’s hand begins to shake. He replies, “What are you saying. It can’t be! It can’t!” He is enraged and spits out, “Are you saying there is no true God?” Lain stands up before replying, “As you already lost your flesh, you can no longer understand it.” She begins to walk towards Alice. Masami cries, “NO! I am all powerful! I made your flesh in the real World.” Lain protectively embraces Alice and begins to pull her away. Masami continues, “I gave you flesh and an absolute ego, which were dispersed in the Wired. And…” Lain calmly interrupts him to ask, “If I am that, what are you?” Masami replies, “I’m not! I…” The girls watch as Masami begins to painfully reclaim his lost flesh from the Wired. His body forms into unnatural configurations of flesh, rendering him into a monstrosity. Lain says, “The Wired is not an upper layer of the real World.” Masami slurs, “What do you mean?” Meanwhile, Alice is trembling with terror. Lain remains calm and says, “Yes, you were a God in the Wired. But before the Wired appeared… You were only the proxy God for those who were waiting for the appearance of the Wired.” Masami is still contorting into a hideous flesh being. He says, “Proxy? That’s not true!” A huge tongue like appendage shoots out of his mouth. It wraps itself around Lain and Alice. Alice screams even more. The tongue lifts them off the ground and squeezes them together. Alice scerams hysterically. Lain cries, “Alice,” and tries to calm her friend down. Lain angrily confronts Masami, “You said that your flesh wasn’t necessary, didn’t you?” All around the room Lain’s Navi equipment begins to explode. Wires come unattached and writhe around like snakes. Lain’s Navi equipment propels towards Masami’s flesh and crushes it into a bloody pulp. Lain and Alice are freed from his grasp. A mountain of the equipment has buried Masami Eiri. Lain holds onto Alice.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The power lines are humming. It is dusk outside. Alice is walking towards Lain’s house. She looks up at Lain’s window and sees the mass of wires extending from the house. She pushes the doorbell. When no one responds, she opens the gate and heads for the front door. The door is already open. Alice tentatively walks into the house. She is shocked to see the house is in total disarray. Graffiti is sprayed on the walls. Mountains of trash line the floors. Alice maintains polite custom and removes her shoes before heading further into the house. She softly calls, “Lain?” No matter where she looks everything is a mess. As she gets closer to the staircase she notices the house is filled with a strange mist. The stench of the air chokes her and she has to stifle a cough. Alice begins to climb the stairs. She is forced to take a step back when she sees Mika sitting on a step. Mika is using her hand phone and saying, “Pee…pee…gaaa.” Alice is frightened and slams herself into the wall. She puts her hands to her head and cries, “No.” when she looks up again, Mika is gone. Alice determinedly resumes her climb up the stairs. She swallows her fear and approaches Lain’s door. She gently pushes the door open and asks, “Is this Lain’s room?” Alice stumbles past all the machinery that is Lain’s Navi system. She calls, “Lain.” Alice’s eyes widen and she jumps back and knocks over some equipment. Lain’s arm is raised just in front of her. Lain emerges from under a pile of wires and clothes. Alice yells, “Lain!” Lain slowly replies, “A..li…ce?” Fear is in Alice’s face but she has come to confront Lain and get her questions answered. Alice asks, “Lain, what did you do?” Lain appears to be somewhat dazed. She replies, “Nothing. I was only watching.” Alice snaps, “What?” Lain just smiles at her. Alice says, “I… I thought that I’d gone crazy. But that’s not it. Why did you leave only mine?” Lain remains silent. Alice continues, “Why did you leave only my memory?” Alice falls to her knees. She is crying. Alice asks, “Why? Why do I only have to remember such a painful memory?” Tears are streaming down Alice’s face. She yells at Lain, “Do you hate me that much? Lain?” Lain looks up at Alice. She is confused by this angry response to all her hard work to erase the rumors about Alice. Shouldn’t she be happy things are better? No one knows about her and the teacher. Alice says, “I can no longer bear this…” Lain says, “No, Alice,” and moves closer to her distraught friend. Lain is now only inches from Alice. Lain says, “Because I don’t want to make you sad.” Alice cries, “No, you did this!” Lain moves closer to Alice. Their faces are almost touching. Lain says, “Alice was alright. You became my friend even though I didn’t connect to you.” Alice says, “What are you saying?” Lain pushes her face closer to Alice’s, almost as if she is going to kiss her, but instead she says, “Alice is my only friend. I don’t need to connect to you.” Alice sits back, away from Lain. “Connect? What do you mean?,” Alice asks. Lain closes her eyes and smiles. She answers, “Everybody and me…” then again gets herself right up into Alice’s face. Alice turns, gets up and runs to get away yelling, “NO!” Lain says, “I love Alice.” Alice stops and turns to Lain and says “Do you know what you are saying?” Lain replies, “Humans have all been connected in their unconsciousness. I’m just reconnecting them. Alice says, “Lain, you…?” Lain interrupts, “I did nothing . Nothing to do with ‘I’ was real here or there. But I was there. I am a program designed to break the barrier between the real World and the Wired.” Alice repeats, “Lain is a program?” Lain explains, “Alice and everyone else are just applications too. In fact, you don’t need your flesh.” Alice and Lain stare at each other. Alice drops back onto her knees. She gently reaches out one of her hands to cup the side of Lain’s face. Lain is startled by her touch. Alice’s face softens as she says, “No.” Lain says, “Eh?” Alice continues, “I’m not sure. But I think you’re wrong. Your body is cold but it’s alive.” Alice removes her hand from Lain’s face. She then takes one of Lain’s hands between her own and places it on her chest. Alice says, “Mine is too. Here.” She allows Lain to feel her beating heart. The two girls remain in that position for several minutes. Alice says, “Doki doki.” (This is a Japanese phrase that is supposed to signify the sound of a beating heart- Shades) Lain repeats, “Doki doki.” The two girls continue to repeat this in unison, then start to laugh. Lain asks, “Why? Why?” Alice replies, “Because I’m scared. My heart is racing because I’m scared.” Lain notes, “But Alice is also laughing.” Alice agrees, “Yes, but I’m scared. I’ve been scared. I wonder why?” Lain repeats, “Why?” The voice of Masami Eiri answers so only Lain can hear, “She is afraid of losing her flesh. You can control that emotion by dodging the impulses of the brain.” Masami appears behind Lain. He is not visible or audible to Alice. Masami continues, “You can refuse unpleasant impulses. You can choose only pleasant and comfortable things.” Lain replies, “Really?” Alice asks, “Lain, are you talking to someone?” Masami says, “Lain if you love her, why don’t you connect with her?” Lain replies, “I don’t know.” Alice grabs Lain by the hands and demands, “Lain, who are you talking to?” Masami says, “You have a little bug. No problem. I’ll debug you for a long time. Come, Lain.” Masami reaches for Lain. Alice jumps as she sees a ghostly hand reach for her friend. Alice stands up and backs away and shrieks. Lain says, “I can’t understand you, God.” Alice gasps, “Are you talking to God?” Masami asks, “What can’t you understand, Lain?” Lain says, “You could make the Wired free from devices. Telephones, televisions, networks. Without them you can’t do a thing.” Masami agrees, “Yes, they were born with human evolution. The most evolved person has the right to evolve them…” Lain turns to look at him and asks, “Who gave you that right?” Masami gasps. Alice becomes even more afraid. Lain states, “A program to synchronize to a peculiar resonance of the Earth is Protocol 7. It makes the group of the unconscious into a consciousness. Did you really invent it by yourself?” Masami’s hand begins to shake. He replies, “What are you saying. It can’t be! It can’t!” He is enraged and spits out, “Are you saying there is no true God?” Lain stands up before replying, “As you already lost your flesh, you can no longer understand it.” She begins to walk towards Alice. Masami cries, “NO! I am all powerful! I made your flesh in the real World.” Lain protectively embraces Alice and begins to pull her away. Masami continues, “I gave you flesh and an absolute ego, which were dispersed in the Wired. And…” Lain calmly interrupts him to ask, “If I am that, what are you?” Masami replies, “I’m not! I…” The girls watch as Masami begins to painfully reclaim his lost flesh from the Wired. His body forms into unnatural configurations of flesh, rendering him into a monstrosity. Lain says, “The Wired is not an upper layer of the real World.” Masami slurs, “What do you mean?” Meanwhile, Alice is trembling with terror. Lain remains calm and says, “Yes, you were a God in the Wired. But before the Wired appeared… You were only the proxy God for those who were waiting for the appearance of the Wired.” Masami is still contorting into a hideous flesh being. He says, “Proxy? That’s not true!” A huge tongue like appendage shoots out of his mouth. It wraps itself around Lain and Alice. Alice screams even more. The tongue lifts them off the ground and squeezes them together. Alice scerams hysterically. Lain cries, “Alice,” and tries to calm her friend down. Lain angrily confronts Masami, “You said that your flesh wasn’t necessary, didn’t you?” All around the room Lain’s Navi equipment begins to explode. Wires come unattached and writhe around like snakes. Lain’s Navi equipment propels towards Masami’s flesh and crushes it into a bloody pulp. Lain and Alice are freed from his grasp. A mountain of the equipment has buried Masami Eiri. Lain holds onto Alice.</p>

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