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Morpheus: The Matrix is an interstate, Neo. That interstate is our enemy. When you're inside you look around, what do you see? Cars, trailers, pickup trucks, SUV's... the very wheels of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, those people are still part of that interstate, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be released. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it.

*Neo sees woman on red bicycle, gets distracted*

Morpheus: Are you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at that woman on the red bike?

Neo: I was...

Morpheus: Look again.

Neo: *gets shocked expression as Agent Chevrolet steers a 10-ton truck towards him*

Morpheus: Freeze it.

Neo: This...this isn't the Matrix?

Morpheus: No. It's another training program designed to teach you one thing. If you are not one of us, you are one of them.

Neo: What are they?

Morpheus: Motorized vehicles. They can move in and out of any traffic still linked to the highway. That means that anyone we haven't released is potentially an car. Inside the Matrix, they are everywhere, and they are nowhere. We have survived by hiding from them, by running from them. But they are the gatekeepers. They are guarding all the doors they are holding all the keys, which means that sooner or later, someone's going to have to race them.

Neo: Someone.

Morpheus: I won't lie to you, Neo. Every bicylist who has stood their ground, everyone who has raced against a car has died. But where they have failed, you will succeed.

Neo: Why?

Morpheus: I've seen a car ram through a concrete wall, men have emptied entire clips on them and hit nothing but air. Yet their speed and their maneuverability is still based on a world that is built on gasoline. Because of that, they will never be as fast, or as maneuverable as you can be.

Neo: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge cars?

Morpheus: No, Neo. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready...you won't have to.


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