 dis-harmony |  mal-aise |  sith |
- Unknown  MORPHEUS Let me tell you why you are here. You are here because you have the gift. NEO What gift? MORPHEUS I've watched you, Neo. You do not use a computer like a tool. You use it like it was part of yourself. What you can do inside a computer is not normal. I know. I've seen it. What you do is magic. Neo shrugs. NEO It's not magic. MORPHEUS But it is, Neo. It is. How else would you describe what has been happening to you? He leans forward. MORPHEUS We are trained in this world to accept only what is rational and logical. Have you ever wondered why? Neo shakes his head. MORPHEUS As children, we do not separate the possible from the impossible which is why the younger a mind is the easier it is to free while a mind like yours can be very difficult. NEO Free from what? MORPHEUS From the Matrix. Neo locks at his eyes but only sees a reflection of himself. MORPHEUS Do you want to know what it is, Neo? Neo swallows and nods his head. MORPHEUS It's that feeling you have had all your life. That feeling that something was wrong with the world. You don't know what it is but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad, driving you to me. But what is it? The LEATHER CREAKS as he leans back. MORPHEUS The Matrix is everywhere, it's all around us, here even in this room. You can see it out your window, or on your television. You feel it when you go to work, or go to church or pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. NEO What truth? MORPHEUS That you are a slave, Neo. That ou, like everyone else, was born into bondage... ... kept inside a prison that you cannot smell, taste, or touch. A prison for your mind. Outside, the WIND BATTERS a loose PANE of glass. MORPHEUS Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. NEO How? MORPHEUS Hold out your hands. In Neo's right hand, Morpheus drops a red pill. MORPHEUS This is your last chance. After this, there is no going back. In his left, a blue pill. MORPHEUS You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. The pills in his open hands are reflected in the glasses. MORPHEUS You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.  Neo feels the smooth skin of the capsules, with the moisture growing in his palms. MORPHEUS Remember that all I am offering is the truth. Nothing more. Neo opens his mouth and swallows the red pill. The Cheshire smile returns. MORPHEUS Follow me. He leads Neo into the other room, which is cramped with high-tech equipment, glowing ash-bliie and electric green from the racks of monitors. Trinity, Apoc and Cypher look up as they enter. CYPHER Shit. TRINITY I knew he would.  1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d t0 g37 l41d - tee shirt |
