Air date: March 2003
Two short stories comprise this omnibus episode. The Tachikoma, who restore memories from bits that remain in the body, goes into town and meet a girl who is looking for a missing dog. The Tachikoma brings back something incredible from a junkyard, which stirs up something within Section 9. How do the Tachikoma define life? And what did the Tachikoma pick up?

Script: Yoshiki Sakurai
Storyboard: Masayuki Yoshihara
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Animation Director: Toshihisa Kaiya, Kaori Higuchi