This project started to take form in January 2017 in Havana, Cuba. The initial idea emerged at one of Miguel Alejandro Machado's art shows entitled “los Unos & los Autómatas”. The paintings exhibited in this show gave the spectator the impression of being in the midst of a battlefield where two armies armed with different fighting tactics were about to face off. The Autómatas Army is an army of zebra centaurs, led by “The Zebra Centaur”, the creature that inspired the ego and title of the film. Following this art show, the discussions between Miguel and some of his friends led to the idea of animating this story. Among them, the playwright Rogelio Orizondo offered to write a screenplay. This animation would not only tell the story of the battle, but would also recount what happens afterwards, when there is only one survivor. Rogelio suggested to take inspiration from the life of the 19th century Cuban poet and painter Juana Borrero, who died as a teenager of a serious illness when she was only 19 years old. Her paintings and poetic universe, along with her letters, inspired the team to enter in dialogue with her spiritually and existentially. They thus discovered more than a century later that their creative and emotional similarities have led them to conclude that even their ego emerges from the need to love and be loved.