The hazy form of Eiri, claiming to be from a higher plane of existence, reassures Lain of his powers and gives her an identical stuffed dog, telling her to act as though this dog is the same as the original and telling Lain that if nobody knew that Lain had killed Bike-chan, then it never happened. After breaking down and sobbing apologies to the dog's remains, a voice calls out to her, offering to bring the dog back to life. However, Bike-chan explodes, his automation failing for some reason or other, to Lain's shock and despair. By surrounding herself with artificial friends and family, Lain feels that she can be "connected" and would prevent her loneliness and avert her fear of disappearing from isolation. After completing Bike-chan by giving him mobility and the ability to talk, Lain would then make a robot of her Father, Tomo, Misato, Kyoko and her Mother, the latter two with adjustments to their personality so that they would treat Lain better than their counterparts. It is revealed that Bike-chan's automation is a sort of field test for Lain's later plans.
The automation eventually causes the dog to bark and say its own name repeatedly, to Lain's delight.
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She writes a program for a very basic artificial intelligence extremely quickly and cuts open Bike-chan to install various electrical devices, all the while shushing the dog in an almost motherly tone, trying to reassure it (and very likely, herself), that she isn't hurting it. To prevent this, Lain decides to modify Bike-chan, although her cutting the dog with scissors makes her feel guilty. After doubting her own memory and becoming distressed over the mounting evidence that Misato may not have been real after all, Lain begins to worry that becoming completely isolated would cause her existence to end. In a state of isolation relating to events from the game, Lain lists off her various prior connections, including Touko (who has been moody around Lain), her parents (who are now at this point divorced), Tomo and Kyoko (who she has cut ties with) and finally Misato (who has been exposed as imaginary).Īfter cutting off the collar of her toy dog, Bike-chan, Lain vehemently exclaims that Misato is not imaginary, but has trouble finding evidence of her memory upon discovering art supplies she had bought with Misato are not in her room. Lain is alone in her room, in desperate want of human contact. The manga serves as the missing "Dc1029" file from the game and appears to take place in the same continuity as the game, although there are elements of the anime as well.
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The doujin manga of Serial Experiments Lain, titled The Nightmare of Fabrication, appears in the Omnipresence in Wired artbook.
The Nightmare of Fabrication is a beautifully drawn full-color manga from Yoshitoshi ABe.