"How many people are jacking out?"

"Five hundred every day and counting. We can only keep about twenty of them alive and then that's pushing it."

Niobe shook her head. "I know Neo thought he was doing something good, but I wish he could at least control the number of people he's jacking out. This is way too much."

Morpheus sighed. "It's not like we can get in and tell him. Nobody even knows where he is."

"Well, we need some way to keep them alive."

"Actually, I've been trying to solve this very problem. And I think I have a solution."

"All right, what?"

Morpheus held up a container of bright green fluid. "We sent some scouts out to the machine city to find out what the machines feed the embryos, and it's this. We figure we can synthesize it and feed it to them while we rehabilitate them. It's vitamins and electrolytes and calories, and it actually tastes pretty good. We've been drinking it. It gives you a nice energy boost. Try it."

Niobe wrinkled her nose. "No thanks. What's this called?"

"Well, since it aids the machines with getting power from humans, we call it Power-Aid."

"Catchy."