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Communications intercept. Transmission detected Wed 05th of Sep 2007 at 04:35 AM by Mega City Times reporter, Kirrana. Communique follows:
In front of a packed crowd at the Club Messiah Morpheus gave the following speech to a mix reception. Many fear the thin truce is likely to be upset by this balance of play from Morpheus. We will have to wait and see what reaction the Machines have to the request for his body.
Morpheus began with the assertion that he knows the Machines still have Neo.
Morpheus: All we have are pictures. Pixels. Digital data.
Morpheus: The same stuff that makes up the falsehood we see around us, and feel under our feet.
Morpheus: Neo may yet be alive, surrounded by the scuttling machines, a prisoner.
Morpheus: Or the truth may be stranger.
Morpheus: Neo may even have a new RSI, and walk the Matrix in the fog of forgetting. Or one of false memories.
Morpheus: It may be you.
Morpheus: Or you.
Morpheus: Yes, Neo may now have a woman's RSI. Anything is possible.
Morpheus: But that question waits upon the return of his body. That is the first step.
Morpheus: We have devices that can inquire whether downloading has occurred.
Morpheus: But we need the body, and its jacking-in sockets, to use them.
Morpheus: Interestingly, the Machines have explicitly stated they have not recycled the body.
Morpheus: Until they return him we cannot know. So we must apply pressure until they do.
Morpheus: Stress the system! Sow unbelief!
Morpheus: The Matrix has failed before. It failed to convince. Bluepills awoke en masse, and collapse followed.
Morpheus: True, some may die. But I do not believe the Machines will let it come to that.
Morpheus: The Machines must return The One. His physical remains - the tattered RSI is not enough.
Morpheus: He must lie in a reliquarium in Zion. Or, if he lives, be reunited with his kind.
Morpheus: Our first blow comes tomorrow, if they fail to bend. It will be...spectacular.
Morpheus: Neo did not give up on us, and I will not give up on him.
Devol: Morpheus, Zion command does not stand behind you on this. They claim they have other cards to play, more diplomatic. Are you unwilling to give them a chance?
Morpheus: Devol, the time for discussion with the Machines is over.
Morpheus: The Truce is not peace. I do not believe the Machines will allow this to come to war.
Morpheus: We currently live in opression [sic] to the demands of the Machines. Those of us who have taken the bluepill live in slavery. This is not freedom. This is not peace.
Bakkhos: Those who have taken that blue pill have made their choice. What right is it of yours to take that choice away?
Morpheus: Some may die. Unfortunate, yes...
Morpheus: How is that choice Bakkhos? They were given the option to live as slaves or to exist under their rules.
Morpheus: The Machines have until tomorrow! Neo's body must be returned!
Morpheus: The time will come for us to shake the Matrix.
Morpheus: Tomorrow.