EPISODE 11 (IN THE WHITE DARKNESS / ANAMNESIS)
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Pino wanders away from the Rabbit. Vincent searches her
through the thick fog. He actually does not walk far from the Rabbit when
bookstore proxy infiltrates his mind.
The proxy
conspires with proxy One to enter Vincent’s mind. They want Vincent to accept
his fate as Ergo proxy. One wants Vincent to
understand their relationship and history of mankind. Anamnesis
means the remembering of things from a supposed previous existence. Ergo/Vincent’s
memory is actually still in his own mind, but it was
clouded. Proxy One does not master the way to banish the cloud
away. That is why he needs bookstore proxy, someone who is more capable.
In 05.53, bookstore
proxy says that ‘we are in the theater of his mind’ to
someone other than Vincent. We refer
to himself and proxy One. Bookstore proxy
uses a finger snap to start a session. He builds a maze representing life experience
that Vincent must re-take to get his memory back.
One uses many
figures from Vincent’s memory covered by Ergo/Joker mask. He explains that he
creates the world (fixes the earth by building the dome) but cannot be part of
it (he will die in the awakening). He tells his loneliness in 08.55. No
pseudo human can understand his thousands of years mind and
proxy complex. He cannot socialize
with other proxies (neighbors) because he is bound to the dome. One’s line I think, therefore you are means he
figures out the space human motive therefore he created a revenge tool,
Ergo/Vincent.
One explains the
earth calamity then the sky becomes dark and the ocean frozen.
Nature and human cannot live. The original human abandoned the earth long time
ago. This episode presents the first time Vincent saw Re-l. He was instantly
mesmerized by her. It also shows how he and other Mosk survivors went to Romdeau.
Nobody, except few Romdeau elites, knows that it was
Romdeau who attacked Mosk. None of them wears any environmental suit. It means
the earth already healed back then.
This memory revelation is mentally exhausting. The bookstore
proxy provides several sessions and breaks in between. The tea scenes are the
break times. Vincent is very stubborn and keeps rejecting his Ergo persona. Vincent
takes wrong way in the maze and changes topic on every explanation. That is why
One pushes him more. The bookstore proxy protests and cut the session seeing
Vincent exhausted. It is when he scolds One of how harshly he treats his own core self, Vincent.
Proxy One explains
that One and Vincent has changed their own pulse of awakening. They share a
pulse because they are one even though they are on separated
bodies. One’s explanation about the pulse ends with Ergo/One
merges with Vincent indicating
they are one one split into two.
Vincent now understands
that he is Ergo proxy, the grim reaper
monster in his perception. He stands in tears. One reminds
Vincent that he still has many truths to find. He has not finished the maze to re-experience his life. The tea is ready.
The dream is almost over. It is a 3 minute dream to make Vincent understand
that he is a proxy. With a finger snap, bookstore proxy ends Vincent mind’s
breach.
Vincent remembers the dream but cannot figures proxy One
and history of earth. Re-l
finds Vincent crying and laying on the ground. Pino finds the Rabbit, Vincent and Re-l.
There are empty books entitled Vincent Law. They represent his memory clean.
Ergo/Vincent memory is as blank as the empty books. When someone, in reality or dream, talks about the earth disaster history or awakening, it must be a proxy. Pseudo human has no knowledge about the earth.
One and other proxies like Kazkis, Senex and Bookstore use poetic and a bit philosophic words. It fits their thousand year lifetimes. Ergo/Vincent talks pretty straight forward.
In the Japanese version, Ergo/Vincent’s voice is heavy and hoarse while One’s voice is not raspy.
One uses many figures from Vincent memory covered by Ergo/Joker mask. In the end, only Re-l loses the mask and calls Vincent with her voice. Probably it is when Re-l finds Vincent or maybe a symbolism that Re-l defeats One’s influence over Vincent.
This episode presents proxy One’s catch phrases: I think, therefore you are and I am you, you are me.
- Re-l is not one of the 80% people who can withstand toxic air outside domes. Re-l survives the autoreiv attack and freely walks on toxic air thanks to bio-mimetic Amrita cells that Daedalus gave. It seems that not all pseudo human body is compatible to the type of cells. Re-l is compatible because she is a proxy clone. The bio-mimetic cells seem to mimic Amrita abilities to quickly heal wounds and unaffected by toxic air. It is clear that Re-l does not become a proxy by having mimetic cells. She does not have supersonic speed and monster strength. But there is a big chance that Re-l is immortal since her cells regenerate quickly.
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