Oracle w/ Neo Oracle: Well, come on. I ain't gonna' bite ya'. Come around here and let me have a look at you. My goodness, look at you! You turned out alright, didn't you? How do you feel? Neo: I uh... Oracle: I know you're not sleeping. We'll get to that. Why don't you come and have a sit this time? Neo: Maybe I'll stand. Oracle: Well, suit yourself. (long pause... Neo sits.) Neo: I felt like sitting. Oracle: I know. So... let's get the obvious stuff out of the way. Neo: You're not human, are you? Oracle: Well, it's tough to get any more obvious than that. Neo: If I had to guess, I'd say you were a program from the machine world. (He looks over at Seraph, the Oracle's bodygaurd) So is he. Oracle: So far, so good. Neo: But if that's true, that could mean you were part of this system... another kind of control. Oracle: Keep going. Neo: I suppose the most obvious question is, how can I trust you? Oracle: Bingo! It is a pickle, no doubt about it. The bad news is, there's no way if you can really know whether I'm here to help you or not. So it's really up to you. Just have to make up your own damn mind to either accept what I'm going to tell you, or reject it. (she holds something out to him) Candy? Neo: (pauses) You already know if I'm going to take it? Oracle: Wouldn't be much of an Oracle if I didn't. Neo: But if you already know, how can I make a choice? Oracle: Because you didn't come here to make a choice. You've already made it. You're here to try to understand WHY you made it. (Neo takes the candy, but just holds it) I thought you'd have figured that out by now. Neo: Why are you here? Oracle: Same reason..... I love candy. (she pops a piece in her mouth) Neo: But why help us? Oracle: We're all here to do, what we're all here to do. I'm interested in one thing Neo... the future. And believe me, I know, the only way to get there, is together. Neo: Are there other programs like you? Oracle: Oh, well, not like me, but.... look, see those birds? At some point a program was written to govern them. A program was written to watch over the trees and the wind, sunrise and sunset. There are programs running all over the place. The ones doing their job, doing what they were meant to do, are invisible. You'd never even know they were here. But the other ones... well... you hear about them all the time. Neo: I've never heard of them. Oracle: Oh, of course you have. Every time you've heard someone say they saw a ghost, or an angel. Every story you've ever heard about vampires, werewolves or aliens, it's the system assimilating some program that's doing something they're not supposed to be doing. Neo: Programs hacking programs... Why? Oracle: They have their reasons, but, usually a program chooses exile when it faces deletion. Neo: Why would a program be deleted? Oracle: Maybe it breaks down, maybe a better program is created to replace it. Happens all the time. And when it does, a program can either choose to hide here, or return to the source. Neo: The machine mainframe. Oracle: Yes. Where you must go. Where the path of The One ends. You've seen it... in your dreams, haven't you? The door made of light? Neo: (nods) Oracle: What happens when you go through the door? Neo: I see Trinity. And something happens... something bad. She starts to fall, and I wake up. Oracle: Do you see her die? Neo: No. Oracle: You have the sight now, Neo. You are looking at the world without time. Neo: Then why can't I see what happens to her? Oracle: We can never see past the choices we don't understand. Neo: Are you saying I have to choose whether Trinity lives or dies? Oracle: No. You've already made the choice. Now you have to understand it. Neo: No. I can't do that. I won't. Oracle: You have to. Neo: Why? Oracle: Because you're The One. Neo: What if I can't? What happens if I fail? Oracle: Then Zion will fall. (Seraph touches the Oracle's shoulder) Oracle: Our time is up. Listen to me, Neo. You can save Zion if you reach the source. But to do that, you will need the Keymaker. Neo: The Keymaker... Oracle: Yes, he disappeared some time ago. We did not know what happened to him until now. He's being held prisoner by a very dangerous program, one of the oldest of us, he's called the Merovingian. And he will not let him go willingly. Neo: What does he want? Oracle: What do all men with power want? More power! Be there, at that exact time, (She hands Neo a note) and you will have a chance. Seraph: We must go. Oracle: Seems like every time we meet I got nothing but bad news. I'm
sorry about that, I surely am. But for what it's worth, you've made a
believer out of me. (She pats him on the arm) Good luck, kiddo. |