"The Matrix is..." Neo paused, trying to think of an explanation that would cause the least confusion. "It's like virtual reality. The world you lived in, the life you had, it isn't real. None of it's real. And it's not the twenty-first century, either. It's a lot later, though how later we don't know."
He let his arm fall back to his side, the sleeve large enough to slide back down on its own. He was used to the ports now, as used to them as anyone could be, but he was still a little self-conscious about them.
"There was a war. Between the humans and the machines. The machines won. They enslaved humanity, turned us into batteries to power their city after we set off nuclear bombs and obscured the sun. Most people are still locked in the Matrix. But some of us are free. And we're fighting back against the machines."
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Date: 2010-03-31 09:54 pm (UTC)He let his arm fall back to his side, the sleeve large enough to slide back down on its own. He was used to the ports now, as used to them as anyone could be, but he was still a little self-conscious about them.
"There was a war. Between the humans and the machines. The machines won. They enslaved humanity, turned us into batteries to power their city after we set off nuclear bombs and obscured the sun. Most people are still locked in the Matrix. But some of us are free. And we're fighting back against the machines."