MORPHEUS
Tank, load the jump program.
Neo straightens as the dojo DISSOLVES away like a curtain
lifting, leaving the two men now standing on a building
rooftop in a city skyline.
MORPHEUS
You have to learn to let go of
that anger. You must let go of
everything.
A WIND HOWLS, whipping Morpheus' long coat to the side.
MORPHEUS
You must empty yourself to free
your mind.
Morpheus spins, running hard at the edge of the rooftop.
And jumps. He sails through the air, his coat billowing
out behind him like a cape --
Somersaults once and lands on the rooftop across the
street.
NEO
Shit.
Neo looks down at the street twenty floors below, then at
Morpheus an impossible fifty feet away.
NEO
Okie dokie.
He takes a deep breath.
NEO
Yeah. Free my mind. Right. No
problem.
He concentrates. Runs.
Summoning every ounce of strength in his legs, Neo
launches himself into the air in a single maniacal shriek
--
But comes up drastically short.
His eyes widen as he plummets. Stories fly by, the
ground rushing up at him, but as he hits --
The ground gives way, stretching like a trapeze net.
He bounces and flips, slowly coming to a rest, flat on
his back.
He laughs, a bit unsure, wiping the wind-blown tears from
his face.
Morpheus exits the building and helps him to his feet.
MORPHEUS
Everyone falls the first time.
Neo nods quietly.
MORPHEUS
If you never know failure, how can
you know success? |
