As Neo walked along the platform, using the thin metal pole to assess where was safe to step, he wasn't completely unaware of the bodies of people usually surrounding him staying an extra 2 metres radius away, as to give him space to walk. No one spoke to him. They felt too awkward.

"Neo!" he heard, being called from a distance. Strange, he thought, that he was finding a comfort in this voice, replacing for the first time, annoyance.

"Neo!" the voice called again, closer this time, accompanied by the sound of echoing footsteps racing along the path. The owner of the voice stopped abruptly at the 2 metre point in front of Neo, taking a quiet gasp as he did. "N- Neo, what h-happened to your eyes-?"

"Kid. Do you think you could do me a favour?" Neo interrupted.

"Oh, uh, sure?" Kid replied.

"Do you think you could, uh...take me to see Morpheus?" Neo stumbled over his words, blushing slightly. He put finger and thumb either side on his temples, shielding his eyes. His tough exterior had faltered in his attempts to find his way along the short distance he had travelled. "I can barely see," he whispered almost silently.

"O- of course, Neo! Of course! Here," Kid took Neo's free hand and pulled him roughly towards him, causing Neo to almost stumble and pull back hard on the Kid.

"...a bit more slowly, please." He asked.

"Oh!...yeah, of course, Neo, sure..." he replied, sounding slightly demoralised at the realisation that his hero wasn't as invincible as he always seemed to be.

They walked more slowly now, towards the heart of the now dilapidated Zion. Every so often, Neo saw a spark of light glow from some far off distance, before dying again, as the sentinal's back up power failed a final time. Being guided around debris still on the floor, Neo could sense that there was people clearing it up, but they had stopped to watch him walk past.

The noise Neo had mistaken for several voices talking at once became clear to be just two voices, arguing at each other. The voices got louder as he and Kid got closer.