: Recurring motifs include card soldiers and Pino’s "rabbit" PJs. The scattered cards found by Senex's body—the ten, jack, king, and ace of spades—suggest that Ergo Proxy acted as the "wild card" or Joker that killed the Queen (Senex).
Vincent and Pino arrive at the war-torn dome city of (or Halos). The city is locked in a brutal conflict with the invading AutoReivs from the neighboring dome, Asura. Ergo Proxy Episode 8
: After being falsely accused of murdering soldiers, Vincent and Pino are thrown into a prison where the city's women are kept—possibly for "protection" or due to a darker societal shift where they were deemed "useless" for reproduction due to artificial wombs. : Recurring motifs include card soldiers and Pino’s
: The episode culminates in a violent encounter with Senex Proxy , the city's creator, who has begun slaughtering her own subjects. Vincent undergoes a traumatic transformation into Ergo Proxy to defeat her. The city is locked in a brutal conflict
: Many names in the city are derived from Aztec deities. The commander, Patecatl , is named after the god of healing, while Vincent’s ship, the Centzon Totochtin , refers to the "400 Rabbits".