Decoded: The Making of 'The Matrix Reloaded' Page #4

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We must go.

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.

Good luck, kiddo.

Mr. Anderson.

Did you get my package?

-Yeah.

-Well, good.

-Smith?

-He's not reading like an agent.

-Surprised to see me?

-No.

-Then you're aware of it.

-Of what?

Our connection.

I don't fully understand how it happened.

Perhaps some part of you

imprinted onto me...

...something overwritten or copied.

It is, at this point, irrelevant.

What matters is...

...that whatever happened,

happened for a reason.

And what reason is that?

I killed you, Mr. Anderson.

I watched you die.

With a certain satisfaction,

I might add.

And then something happened,

something that I knew was impossible...

...but it happened anyway.

You destroyed me, Mr. Anderson.

Afterward, I knew the rules, I understood

what I was supposed to do...

...but I didn't.

I couldn't. I was compelled to stay...

...compelled to disobey.

And now, here I stand

because of you, Mr. Anderson.

Because of you, I'm no longer an agent

of this system.

Because of you, I've changed.

I'm unplugged.

A new man, so to speak.

Like you, apparently free.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

But as you well know,

appearances can be deceiving...

...which brings me back to the reason

why we're here.

We're not here because we're free.

We're here because we are not free.

There's no escaping reason,

no denying purpose.

Because as we both know,

without purpose...

-...we would not exist.

-It is purpose that created us.

-Purpose that connects us.

-Purpose that pulls us.

-That guides us.

-That drives us.

-It is purpose that defines.

-Purpose that binds us.

We are here because of you,

Mr. Anderson.

We're here to take from you

what you tried to take from us:

Purpose.

-What's happening to him?

-Don't know.

Yes, that's it. It'll be over soon.

-You.

-Yes, me.

Me, me, me.

Me too.

More.

It is inevitable.

Come on, get out of there.

Are you all right?

-It was Smith.

-Yes.

-Now there's more than one of them?

-A lot more.

-How is that possible?

-I don't know.

Somehow, he's found a way

to copy himself.

-Is that what he was doing to you?

-I don't know what he was doing...

-...but I know what it felt like.

-What?

It felt like I was back in that hallway.

It felt like dying.

The machines are tunneling to avoid

our defense system.

But I believe they will intersect

certain pipelines to control them.

These points of intersection

are crucial...

...because I believe they're

vulnerable to counterattack.

Although it has been suggested that

this is the same kind of attack...

...we've defended for years,

I urge the Council to realize the truth.

This is the single greatest threat

we have ever faced...

...and if we do not act accordingly,

we will not survive.

Commander Lock, the Council is well

aware of the seriousness of this attack.

You have our leave to prepare our defense

by any and all means necessary.

-Thank you, Council.

-However...

...we ask if there's been word

from the Nebuchadnezzar.

No, councillor. No word. Nothing.

Then we request a ship be dispatched

to ascertain the fate of the One.

I wish that were possible, councillor,

but I do not believe our defense...

-...can suffer the loss of another ship.

-It will, commander, if it must.

It could take one ship days

to find the Nebuchadnezzar.

-Then send two.

-This is insane.

Careful, commander.

Forgive my frustration, councillors.

But I wish I were able to comprehend

the Council's choice in this matter.

Comprehension is not

a requisite of cooperation.

If you are asking me

to order two of my captains...

There's no need for such an order.

The captains are present.

They can answer for themselves.

The Council is calling for two volunteers

to aid the Nebuchadnezzar.

Are there two among you

that would answer such a call?

Captain Soren of the Vigilant

will answer the Council's call.

You understand the situation,

Captain Soren?

-Yes, ma'am.

-Thank you, captain.

Is there another?

-Captain, I think we should volunteer.

-What? You have gone crazy.

-Listen...

-Shut your hole, Bane...

...before I put you in one.

Is there no other?

Be hard for any man to risk his life...

...especially if he doesn't

understand the reason.

Captain Niobe of the Logos

will answer the councillor's call.

-What?

-Thank you, Captain Niobe.

Commander Lock, you have your orders.

This Council is hereby adjourned.

-Niobe, what are you doing?

-What I can.

Why?

Because some things

never change, Jason...

...and some things do.

What can you see, Neo?

It's strange.

The code is somehow different.

-Encrypted?

-Maybe.

Is that good for us or bad for us?

Well, it looks like every floor

is wired with explosives.

Bad for us.

Here we go.

Yes. We are here to speak

with the Merovingian.

Well, of course.

He has been expecting you.

Follow me.

Here he is at last.

Neo, the One himself.

Right?

And the legendary Morpheus.

And Trinity, of course.

I have heard so much.

You honor me. Please, sit. Join us.

This is my wife, Persephone.

Something to eat? Drink?

Of course, such things are contrivances,

like so much here.

For the sake of appearances.

-No, thank you.

-Yes, of course. Who has time?

Who has time? But then, if we do not ever

take time, how can we ever have time?

Chteau Haut-Briond, 1959.

Magnificent wine.

I love French wine

like I love the French language.

I have sampled every language. French

is my favorite. Fantastic language...

...especially to curse with.

You see? It's like wiping your ass

with silk. I love it.

You know why we are here.

I am a trafficker of information.

I know everything I can.

The question is,

do you know why you are here?

We are looking for the Keymaker.

Oh, yes, it is true.

The Keymaker, of course.

But this is not a reason,

this is not a why.

The Keymaker himself, his very nature,

is a means, it is not an end.

And so to look for him is to be

looking for a means to do...

-...what?

-You know the answer to that question.

But do you?

You think you do, but you do not.

You are here

because you were sent here.

You were told to come here,

and then you obeyed.

It is, of course, the way of all things.

You see, there is only one constant...

...one universal. It is the only real truth.

Causality.

Action, reaction.

-Cause and effect.

-Everything begins with choice.

No. Wrong.

Choice is an illusion created

between those with power...

...and those without.

Look there at that woman.

My God, just look at her...

...affecting everyone around her.

So obvious, so bourgeois, so boring.

But wait.

Watch. You see, I have sent her

a dessert...

...a very special dessert.

I wrote it myself.

It starts so simply...

...each line of the program creating

a new effect, just like...

...poetry.

First...

...a rush, heat. Her heart flutters.

You can see it, Neo, yes?

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