"We're not really sure. Most of our history was lost in the war. But we do know that the machines won. They breed us in processing plants, use us as batteries. Most people live and die in the Matrix without knowing anything else."
Neo had never had a pet, hadn't had any friends, and family was a thing of the past. But he still thought about the people he'd thought he'd known. Still wondered about them. Not often. Not regularly. But sometimes. His expression was sympathetic, understanding if not the immediacy of the loss, then the fact of it.
"The people themselves might be real, but they're like actors in a play they don't even know about. The animals are programs. There aren't any animals left in the world anymore."
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Date: 2010-04-17 02:04 pm (UTC)Neo had never had a pet, hadn't had any friends, and family was a thing of the past. But he still thought about the people he'd thought he'd known. Still wondered about them. Not often. Not regularly. But sometimes. His expression was sympathetic, understanding if not the immediacy of the loss, then the fact of it.
"The people themselves might be real, but they're like actors in a play they don't even know about. The animals are programs. There aren't any animals left in the world anymore."