So... let's get the obvious stuff out of the way.
You're not human, are you?
It's tough to get more obvious than that.
If I had to guess... I'd say you were a program from the machine world. [Nods to Seraph] So is he.
So far so good.
But if that's true, it could mean you're a part of this system. Another form of control.
Keep going.
I suppose the most obvious question is... how can I trust you?
Bingo. It is a pickle. No doubt about it. The bad news is there's no way you can really know whether I'm here to help you or not, so it's really up to you. You just have to make up your own damned mind to either accept what I'm going to tell you, or reject it. [offers a sweet] Candy?
... You already know if I'm going to take it.
Wouldn't be much of an Oracle if I didn't.
But if you already know, how can I make a choice?
Because you didn't come here to make the choice. You've already made it. You're here to try to understand why you made it. [Neo takes the candy] I thought you would have figured that out by now.
Why are you here?
Same reason- I love candy.
But why help us?
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.
Are there other programs like you?
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, the 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.
I've never heard of them.
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, is the system assimilating some program that's doing something they're not supposed to be doing.
Programs hacking programs... Why?
Well, they have their reasons, but usually a program chooses exile when it faces deletion.
And why would a program be deleted?
Maybe it breaks down. Maybe a better program is written to replace it, happens all the time. And when it does, a program can either choose to hide here, or return to the Source.
The machine mainframe?
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} What happens when you go inside?
I see Trinity. And something happens, something bad. She starts to fall, then I wake up.
Do you see her die?
No.
You have the sight now Neo. You are looking at the world without time.
Then why can't I see what happens to her?
We can never see past the choices we don't understand.
Are you saying I have to choose whether Trinity lives or dies?
No. You've already made the choice. Now you have to understand it.
No. I can't do that. I won't.
You have to.
Why?
Because you're the One.
What if I can't? What happens if I fail?
Then Zion will fall.
