"Alice is a disease of the mind, caused by a traumatic experience, that eventually shuts down all bodily functions" - Unique and interesting oneshot with impressive story-telling and brilliant plot twist! [Spoiler] In my understanding, the one suffering from Alice is Dr. Arlem from the very beginning. What we see is his dream, in which he tries to change what happened in the past: his girlfriend tried to talk to him about the fact that she was pregnant, but he didn't listen to her/made her have an abortion. After that, she probably committed suicide. So we come to understand why he got Alice and what was the cause of his trauma. In the dream his girlfriend got Alice, but he's the one who was actually ill. He was denying reality and to escape it, he created his own dream. At the very end of the story, he dies...
[Spoiler] In my understanding, the one suffering from Alice is Dr. Arlem from the very beginning. What we see is his dream, in which he tries to change what happened in the past: his girlfriend tried to talk to him about the fact that she was pregnant, but he didn't listen to her/made her have an abortion. After that, she probably committed suicide. So we come to understand why he got Alice and what was the cause of his trauma. In the dream his girlfriend got Alice, but he's the one who was actually ill. He was denying reality and to escape it, he created his own dream. At the very end of the story, he dies...