Imaginations from the other side
Far out of nowhere it got back to my mind
Blind Guardian "Imaginations from the other side"
"Is it possible, Morpheus?" - Neo repeated.
Captain of Nebuchadnezzar shook his head: "You know that it is not. It just can't be".
"Yeah, just can't. - Neo paused. - Yet, this is happening. I don't know why or how, but this is happening. And this is not my imagination Morpheus."
Morpheus didn't answer. Everything Neo said was impossible and yet it was true. He remembered his shock when Neo asked him, if the One could exist in the real world. He was shocked, yes, but instantly he understood, Neo wasn't talking about himself. He was talking about Devil.
It took unbelievably short time for Devil to adapt to the life in Zion. Morpheus convinced himself, it was just because of her nature. She looked strange among other fighters: smiling girl always ready to laugh. But it wasn't the only thing that bothered Morpheus. Devil learned almost as quickly as Neo did, only that there were no programs loaded into her mind. No, of course she continued her trainings in the Construct, but Morpheus' prohibition left her too much spare time. It was still mystery to Morpheus how she managed to convince Link to teach her programming. It was against all rules. Morpheus learned about it the day before Nebuchadnezzar returned to Zion. And this was not very pleasant day for Link.
"How. Damn, how could you? She had been unplugged for two weeks only! I can allow you teaching her to read the code, but programming. Do you have the slightest idea."- Morpheus was interrupted by opened door.
"It was my fault, he didn't mean to."- Devil started.
"Out. Now. I don't need any tears or sacrifices here. Out. Both of you."- Morpheus stated, dead sure, he never wanted to see this girl on his ship again. "I'm sorry"- he heard Devil murmuring before the door closed.
May be she really was sorry, but that certainly didn't make her less curious. She wanted to know everything and surprisingly managed to remember everything she was told. When Nebuchadnezzar was to live Zion, Devil came to Morpheus apartments asking to take her with them.
"No, - was the immediate answer. - No way."
"But why? I'm good and you know that." - she could be quite stubborn, when she wanted. And she wanted it almost always.
"Not good enough. Besides, it's an honor to be the member of Nebuchadnezzar's crew. You have to earn this honor. Let's say I'll think about this in a year. That's the standard period for people to learn everything they need to survive in Matrix." - Morpheus turned his head away from her, showing that the conversation was over.
"And if I won't go into the Matrix? Please, Morpheus, I'm sure there is something I can do at the ship. Cooking, for example?"- if Neo or Trinity saw her at that moment, they would recognize that pleading look immediately. But Morpheus didn't know that.
"Cooking? I doubt anything can make slop taste better. But I'll think about letting you to try." - she had won and they both knew that. Although there was no way Morpheus was admitting that.
From that day Devil was going with Nebuchadnezzar to every mission, but she never entered the Matrix. Morpheus was strict about that. So was he about her trainings, they still lasted only hour per day.
"Why don't you want to become an operator?" - Link once asked Devil, after her argue with Morpheus.
"I can't. - she answered silently, what was very unlike her.- I just can't, Link. To sit here and to know that from my words depend their lives. And sometimes to know that there's nothing I can't do. I don't know how you do this, but for me this is too much."
Ironically, but at the same time Trinity and Morpheus were discussing the same quarrel.
" I can't help it Morpheus. It really looks like you want her to never enter the Matrix. There was never training restriction before. And that year time. What is that supposed to mean?" - Trinity stated her arms crossed.
"That I want her to be ready. She want die because of my incompetence, because I wasn't able to notice the danger."
Trinity understood why Morpheus used the past tense almost imminently: "They didn't die because of your incompetence, Morpheus. It was Cypher's fault not yours."
"It doesn't matter now. But I'll do anything to prevent this from happening ever again." - Morpheus left not waiting for Trinity to answer.
Devil was becoming unofficial member of Nebuchadnezzar crew. It turned out that there were many things on the ship that needed to be done. So Devil started to repair engines, assist Link in his work (still refusing to do it all by herself), heal rare wounds and soon became involved into ship life as deep as everybody else.
It was like this until Morpheus refused to take her on the mission and ordered her to stay in Zion. The only explanation he gave was her presence on Nebuchadnezzar being unnecessary. Now after a few days it was evident that he was wrong. Tiny details, of which Devil was always taking care of, disturbed careless (as careless as it could be) life of Nebuchadnezzar crewmembers and Neo decided to count how many things on the ship worked thanks to Devil. Receiving the result he shook his head in disbelief and headed to the Morpheus cabin.
"She has been freed for less than half an year, - Neo said, - but if to think about everything she is able to do, everything she knows. She is a lot like me, Morpheus. Only that I absorbed program knowledge and she learn everything in real life."
" And?" - Morpheus raised his eyebrow.
" Is this possible that the One can exist in the real world?" - Neo breathed out.
Far out of nowhere it got back to my mind
Blind Guardian "Imaginations from the other side"
"Is it possible, Morpheus?" - Neo repeated.
Captain of Nebuchadnezzar shook his head: "You know that it is not. It just can't be".
"Yeah, just can't. - Neo paused. - Yet, this is happening. I don't know why or how, but this is happening. And this is not my imagination Morpheus."
Morpheus didn't answer. Everything Neo said was impossible and yet it was true. He remembered his shock when Neo asked him, if the One could exist in the real world. He was shocked, yes, but instantly he understood, Neo wasn't talking about himself. He was talking about Devil.
It took unbelievably short time for Devil to adapt to the life in Zion. Morpheus convinced himself, it was just because of her nature. She looked strange among other fighters: smiling girl always ready to laugh. But it wasn't the only thing that bothered Morpheus. Devil learned almost as quickly as Neo did, only that there were no programs loaded into her mind. No, of course she continued her trainings in the Construct, but Morpheus' prohibition left her too much spare time. It was still mystery to Morpheus how she managed to convince Link to teach her programming. It was against all rules. Morpheus learned about it the day before Nebuchadnezzar returned to Zion. And this was not very pleasant day for Link.
"How. Damn, how could you? She had been unplugged for two weeks only! I can allow you teaching her to read the code, but programming. Do you have the slightest idea."- Morpheus was interrupted by opened door.
"It was my fault, he didn't mean to."- Devil started.
"Out. Now. I don't need any tears or sacrifices here. Out. Both of you."- Morpheus stated, dead sure, he never wanted to see this girl on his ship again. "I'm sorry"- he heard Devil murmuring before the door closed.
May be she really was sorry, but that certainly didn't make her less curious. She wanted to know everything and surprisingly managed to remember everything she was told. When Nebuchadnezzar was to live Zion, Devil came to Morpheus apartments asking to take her with them.
"No, - was the immediate answer. - No way."
"But why? I'm good and you know that." - she could be quite stubborn, when she wanted. And she wanted it almost always.
"Not good enough. Besides, it's an honor to be the member of Nebuchadnezzar's crew. You have to earn this honor. Let's say I'll think about this in a year. That's the standard period for people to learn everything they need to survive in Matrix." - Morpheus turned his head away from her, showing that the conversation was over.
"And if I won't go into the Matrix? Please, Morpheus, I'm sure there is something I can do at the ship. Cooking, for example?"- if Neo or Trinity saw her at that moment, they would recognize that pleading look immediately. But Morpheus didn't know that.
"Cooking? I doubt anything can make slop taste better. But I'll think about letting you to try." - she had won and they both knew that. Although there was no way Morpheus was admitting that.
From that day Devil was going with Nebuchadnezzar to every mission, but she never entered the Matrix. Morpheus was strict about that. So was he about her trainings, they still lasted only hour per day.
"Why don't you want to become an operator?" - Link once asked Devil, after her argue with Morpheus.
"I can't. - she answered silently, what was very unlike her.- I just can't, Link. To sit here and to know that from my words depend their lives. And sometimes to know that there's nothing I can't do. I don't know how you do this, but for me this is too much."
Ironically, but at the same time Trinity and Morpheus were discussing the same quarrel.
" I can't help it Morpheus. It really looks like you want her to never enter the Matrix. There was never training restriction before. And that year time. What is that supposed to mean?" - Trinity stated her arms crossed.
"That I want her to be ready. She want die because of my incompetence, because I wasn't able to notice the danger."
Trinity understood why Morpheus used the past tense almost imminently: "They didn't die because of your incompetence, Morpheus. It was Cypher's fault not yours."
"It doesn't matter now. But I'll do anything to prevent this from happening ever again." - Morpheus left not waiting for Trinity to answer.
Devil was becoming unofficial member of Nebuchadnezzar crew. It turned out that there were many things on the ship that needed to be done. So Devil started to repair engines, assist Link in his work (still refusing to do it all by herself), heal rare wounds and soon became involved into ship life as deep as everybody else.
It was like this until Morpheus refused to take her on the mission and ordered her to stay in Zion. The only explanation he gave was her presence on Nebuchadnezzar being unnecessary. Now after a few days it was evident that he was wrong. Tiny details, of which Devil was always taking care of, disturbed careless (as careless as it could be) life of Nebuchadnezzar crewmembers and Neo decided to count how many things on the ship worked thanks to Devil. Receiving the result he shook his head in disbelief and headed to the Morpheus cabin.
"She has been freed for less than half an year, - Neo said, - but if to think about everything she is able to do, everything she knows. She is a lot like me, Morpheus. Only that I absorbed program knowledge and she learn everything in real life."
" And?" - Morpheus raised his eyebrow.
" Is this possible that the One can exist in the real world?" - Neo breathed out.