Code Capture 11538-4
Niobe is someone I’ve always considered interesting, in whole…
During my days with Zion, I found her to be a little… unapproachable about things. Granted, any Zion Captain has their mind on a lot of things, but she always came across to me as more distant than most Captains, even Morpheus… when he was still around. Come to think of it, she has never really been one to open up… share her thoughts or feelings, or even her experiences.
I know she’s endured some horrible things as a soldier and a Captain of Zion. I know she still feels a level of resentment toward Morpheus for choosing his path rather than choosing her. I have no doubt that she still cares for him, but love is a tricky thing. Some of the strongest feelings of anger can stem from love.
But then we all saw that when she stood inside that church in Sobra Shores that day, and declared that she’d like nothing more than to see every exile killed within the Matrix. Yes, I was there… sitting angry and confused… and appalled at what I’d just heard. Fate isn’t without it’s sense of irony, it would seem.
The same man who led Zion on a number of missions to investigate Morpheus’ death would eventually turn out to be the one that would be put into a situation by The General, like a pawn, to betray both Niobe and Zion… leave her in a partitioned construct to rot, while he played a nice little distraction to keep us away from The General’s movements.
She survived, though. Do I think Zion’s bargaining with the Merovingian to help free her, by chance may have humbled her? I don’t know. If it has, I can’t say that I’ve seen it. It has served, however, to direct her toward the true enemy… The General.
And should these signal beacons, by however slim a chance, turn out to be genuinely from Morpheus… and he is still alive… I know she will be one of the first people whom I’ll find myself looking to, out of interest of her reaction.
Niobe has always been lacking what Morpheus had in abundance, Faith.
That’s why they were so dangerous as a pair, Vaico, each filling in the other one’s missing piece.
Personally, I am glad that we are lead by someone who is without fear, but still with their senses.
If this were the other way around, if it were Morpheus receiving signals, you know that he would have already launched the offensive. Common sense and a little skepticism is much more powerful than a strong “belief” any day.
Hell, you could “believe” the sky is falling, but that doesn’t make it so.
There is a difference between Faith and Blind Faith.
I might also add, that where was Niobe’s common sense and skepticism when she accepted help from The General?