The Oracle

“ I have a great many responsibilities.

foremost amongst these, however, is my concern for Children.

I am concerned regarding their wellbeing, and the healthy development of their imaginations

I am concerned regarding their behaviour...

..and I’m afraid, Young Man, that I don’t care for you at all."

[Colt]: Yes, sir.

Link: Hey. Hey! We got a call. Operator. It’s Seraph.

Seraph: I bring word from the Oracle. You must come at once.

(Mobil Ave. train station)

Sati: Good morning.

Neo: Who are you?

Sati: My name is Sati. Your name is Neo. My papa says you’re not supposed to be here. He says you must be lost. Are you lost, Neo?

Neo: Where am I?

Sati: This is the train station.

Neo: This isn’t the Matrix?

Sati: That’s where the Train goes. That’s where we’re going. But you cannot go with us.

Neo: Why not?

Sati: He won’t let you.

Neo: Who won’t let me?

Sati: The Trainman. *whispers* I don’t like him, but my Papa says we have to do what the Trainman says or he will leave us here for ever and ever.

(Oracle’s apartment)

Oracle: 

Morpheus, Trinity. 

Thank you for coming. 

One thing I’ve learned in all my years is that

 nothing ever works out just the way you want it to.

Trinity: 

Who are you?

Oracle: 

I’m The Oracle. 

I wish there was an easier way to get through this but there ain’t. 

I’m sorry this had to happen. 

I’m sorry I couldn’t be sitting here like you remember me. 

But it wasn’t meant to be.

Trinity: 

What happened?

Oracle: 

I made A Choice, 

and that Choice cost me 

more than I wanted it to.

Morpheus: 

What choice?

Oracle: 

To help you to guide Neo. 

Now, since the real test for any choice is 

having to make the same choice again, 

knowing full well what it might cost – 

I guess I feel pretty good about that choice, 

’cause here I am, at it again.

Trinity: 

Do you know what happened to Neo?

Oracle: 

Yes. He’s trapped in a place between 

This World and The Machine World. 

The link is controlled by a program called 

The Trainman. 

He uses it to smuggle programs 

in and out of the Matrix. 

If he finds out where Neo is 

before you get to him, 

then I’m afraid our choices are going to become difficult.

Trinity: 

Why?

Oracle: 

Because of who the Trainman works for.

Morpheus: 

The Merovingian.

Oracle: 

He has placed a bounty on your lives. 

You must be careful at all times. 

Seraph knows how to find the Trainman, 

he will go with you. 

For years, he has protected me. 

I hope he can do the same for you.

Seraph: 

Please, come.

Morpheus: 

Oracle.

Oracle: 

I know, Morpheus. 

I can see you’re filled with doubt, 

clouded by uncertainty.

Morpheus: 

After everything that’s happened, 

how can you expect me to believe you?

Oracle: 

I don’t. I expect just what I’ve always expected :

 For you to make up your own damn mind. 

Believe Me or Don’t. 

All I can really tell you is 

Your Friend’s in Trouble

 and 

He needs Your Help. 

He needs all our help.

(Matrix: inside a car)

Morpheus: 

Are you ready for us?

Link: 

Almost, sir. They got some pretty ancient hacks here, we’re working on it. 

Did you find Neo?

Morpheus:

 Can’t you see him?

Link: 

No, sir. We were reading something but I couldn’t tell what it was.

Neo: 

I can’t leave yet.

{Trinity looks over at him}

Neo: 

I have to see her.

Trinity: 

Now?

Neo: 

This is my last chance.

(Oracle’s kitchen)

Oracle: 

That’s it. That’s The Secret. 

You’ve got to use Your Hands.

Sati: 

Why?

Oracle: 

Cookies need love like everything does.

Sati: 

Neo!

Oracle: 

I was hoping to have these done before you got here. Oh well. 

Sati, honey, I think it’s time for a tasting. 

Take the bowl to Seraph and find out if they’re ready.

Sati: 

Okay. 

*to Neo* 

I’m glad you got out.

Neo: 

Me too.

Oracle: 

So, do you recognize me?

Neo: 

A Part of You.

Oracle: 

Yeah, that’s How it Works.

 

Some bits you lose, some bits you keep. 

I don’t yet recognize my face in the mirror, but… 

I still love candy. 

*offers Neo a piece of red candy*

Neo: 

No, thank you.

Oracle: 

Remember what you were like when you first walked through my door, jittery as a junebug? 

And now just look at you. 

You sure did surprise me, Neo, 

and you still do.

Neo: 

You gave me a few surprises, too.

Oracle: 

I hope I helped.

Neo:

 You helped me to get here, but my question is why? 

Where does this go? 

Where does it end?

Oracle: 

I don’t know.

Neo: 

You don’t know or you won’t tell me?

Oracle: 

I told you before. 

No one can see beyond a choice they don’t understand, and I mean no one.

Neo: 

What choice?

Oracle: 

It doesn’t matter. It’s my choice. 

I have mine to make, same as you have yours.

Neo: 

Does that include What Things to Tell Me 

and What Not to Tell Me?

Oracle: 

Of course not.

Neo: 

Then why didn’t you tell me about 

The Architect? 

Why didn’t you tell me about Zion, 

The Ones before me – 

Why didn’t you tell me The Truth?

Oracle: 

Because it wasn’t time for you to know.

Neo: 

Who decided it wasn’t time?

Oracle: 

You know who. 

*She points at the Temet Nosce sign above the door*

Neo: 

I did. 

*Oracle nods* 

Then I think it’s time for me to know a few more things.

Oracle: 

So do I.

Neo: 

Tell me how I separated my mind from my body without jacking in. 

Tell me how I stopped four sentinels by thinking it. 

Tell me just what the hell is happening to me.

Oracle: 

The Power of the One extends beyond This World. 

It reaches from here all the way back to 

Where it Came From.

Neo: 

Where?

Oracle: 

The Source. 

That’s what you felt when you touched those Sentinels. 

But you weren’t ready for it. 

You should be Dead, 

but apparently 

you weren’t ready for that, either.

Neo: 

The Architect told me that if I didn’t return to The Source, Zion would be destroyed by midnight tonight.

Oracle: 

*rolls eyes* 

Please… You and I may not be able to see beyond Our Own Choices, 

but That Man can’t see past any choices.

Neo: 

Why not?

Oracle: 

He doesn’t understand them – he can’t.

 

To him they are variables in an equation.

 

One at a time each variable must be 

solved and countered.

 

That’s His Purpose : 

To Balance An Equation.

Neo: 

What’s your purpose?

Oracle: 

To unbalance it.

Neo: 

Why? What do you want?

Oracle: 

I want the same thing you want, Neo. 

And I am willing to go as far as you are to get it.

Neo: 

The end of the war. 

*Oracle nods* 

Is it going to end?

Oracle: One way, or another.

Neo: 

Can Zion be saved?

Oracle: 

I’m sorry, I don’t have the answer to that question, but if there’s An Answer, there’s only one place you’re going to find it.

Neo: 

Where?

Oracle: 

You know where. 

And if you can’t find The Answer, 

then I’m afraid there may be no tomorrow for any of us.

Neo: 

What does that mean?

Oracle: 

Everything that has a beginning has an end. 

I see the end coming. 
I see the darkness spreading. I see death. 
And you are all that stands in his way.

Neo: 
Smith.

Oracle: 
*nods* 

Very soon he’s going to have the power to destroy This World, 

but I believe he won’t stop there; he can’t. 

He won’t stop until there’s nothing left at all.

Neo: 
What is he?

Oracle: 

He is You.

 Your opposite, your negative, 

The Result of The Equation trying to balance itself out.

Neo: 

What if I can’t stop him?

Oracle: 
One way or another, Neo, 

This War is going to end. 

Tonight, the future of both worlds will be in your hands… or in his.