Inspecting the paintings lets you discover some sparse details about the life of a painter, though I felt it could have gone more into some emotional dephts for him. Since in one book the painter mentioned wanting to leave his soul in his works, and the fact that the blond girl so worried about being left alone is the last painting he ever made and that being close to people ended up in him being sued (the different "lady" paintings based on a woman that wanted his inheritance), it seems that he felt alone through his life and after he died he wishes someone to be with him. Otherwise, the girl being so desperate for company may have been the artist's intention when painting her, wanting to make a creation he also could cling to. But none of this is ever directly addressed, so it's my speculation and could also just be the characterization of the girl herself and the artist just be nothing more than a guy making weird paintings.

If the point was to be something like that, anyone interested in the game should check out the third Pokemon movie, since it also follows the breakdown of a girl that feels alone and makes up a world of her own to feel like she's with someone else.

To Gsar: This remake adds some dialogue capable of being triggered between IB and the people she is being followed by, and some puzzles are redesigned to stop having some weird answers related to maths and instead follow a more interesting surreal atmosphere. The man who accompanies IB seems to have dialogue that fleshes him out a bit more implying he's from a poor family (after IB has a nightmare) though I didn't try talking to him as much in that scene in the original so it could also be in there. Otherwise, honestly, you don't miss out a lot between playing this one and the 2012 version.