Mero: Ah, here he is at last. Neo! The One himself! Right? And the legendary Morpheus and Trinity of course, [can't understand mumbled] I have heard you much, you ought to be pleased, sit! Join us! This is my wife, Persephone. Something to eat? Drink? Hmm! Of course such things are contrivancies like so much here -- for the sake of appearances.
Neo: No, thank you.
Mero: Yes, of course. Who has time? Who..has..time.. But then if you do not have or take time, how can you ever have time? (sniffs wine) Chateu au brit (sp?), au mille neuf cent soixante neuff (1969) (mubles something) I love French wine. In fact I love the French language. Ah yes, encore, of every language French is my favorite, fantastic, especially to curse with. Non, de Dieu de potam beau de du mere de du cere dupri du ceure dans mere du cise (mumbles the rest of it). It's like wiping your a** with silk. I know why you are here, I am a trafficker of information. I know everything I can. The question is.. Do YOU know.. WHY.. you are here.
Morpheus: We are looking for the keymaker.
Mero: Oh yes, it is true. The keymaker, of course. But this is not a REASON, it is not a WHY, the keymaker in his very nature (mumbles something).. So, to be looking for him is to be looking for a means to.. to.. what?
Neo: You know the answer to that question?
Mero: But do YOU. You think you do but you do not. You are here because you were SENT here. You were TOLD to come here, and then you obeyed. heh heh heh, it is of course it is the way of all things. You see, there is only one constant. One universality it is the only real truth. Causality: action, reaction. Cause, effect.
Morpheus: Everything begins with choice.
Mero: NO. WRONG. Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without. Look there. At that woman. My God, just.. look at her. Effecting everyone around her, so obvious, so bourgouis. You see? I've sent her a dessert. Very special dessert. I wrote it myself. It starts so simply, each line of the program creating a new effect, just like... poetry. First, a rush. Heat. Her heart flutters. You see it, Neo, yes? She does not understand why.. Is it the wine? No.. What is it, then, what is the reason? Soon it does not matter, soon the why and the reason are gone, and all that matters is the feeling in itself. And this is the nature of the universe. We struggle against it, we fight to be free. It is of course intense it is alive. Beneath our poised appearance, the truth is we are completely......out of control (lady gets up and walks away). There is no escape from it. We are of course slaves to it. Our only hope, our only peace is to understand it. To understand why. WHY is what seperates us from them. [mumbles "you came from me" ?] "WHY" is the only real source of power? Without it, you are powerless. But this is how you come to me, without "WHY", without power, another link in the chain. But fear not, because I have seen how good you are at following orders, I will tell you what to do next. Run back, and give the fortune teller this message. Her time is almost up. Now, I have some real business to do, so now I will say adieu and goodbye.
Neo: This isn't over.
Mero: Oh yes it is. The keymaker is mine and I see no reason why I should give him up. No reason at all.
Persephone: Where are you going?
Mero: Please, my faerie, I have told you. We are all victims of causality. I drank too much wine, I must take a p***. Cause, and effect. Au revoir.