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The Matrix
"A Path Among Stones"
Matrix Comics Vol. 2
Story and art by Gregory Ruth |
Young Emma sees the real world only
when she closes her eyes.
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Characters appearing or mentioned in this story
Emma Pearson
Dr. Simon Avery
Mrs. Pearson (Emma's mother)
Mr. Pearson (mentioned only)
Dr. Frey
Uncle Mack (mentioned only)
Mr. Finn
Mr. Jones
Didja Notice?
This story opens on February 12, 2002...but that is a date
given inside the Matrix, not the actual date, which would be
centuries later.
Dr. Avery tells Mrs. Pearson he believes her daughter may be
suffering a type of schizophrenia
called Corona's Disorder. Schizophrenia, despite popular
perception, is not related to multiple personality disorder
but to a person with confused beliefs about reality, suffers
hallucinations, and engages in abnormal social behavior.
Corona's Disorder itself appears to be a fictitious malady.
Emma's doll which she calls
Charlie looks like it may have been a Raggedy Andy doll
before her modifications to it. Raggedy Ann and Andy were
ragdolls and characters in a series of children's books
created by American writer Johnny Gruelle beginning in 1915.
On pages 4 and 5 of the story, young Emma tries to explain
why she doesn't like the bathtub or taking baths anymore.
It's clear she's having sense impressions of being in a pod.
The "Shadows" Emma describes are Agents.
At the end of the story, Mr. Finn and Mr. Jones come to pick
up Emma. Finn and Jones are, of course, Agents. It's unclear if the
Mr. Jones who appears here is the same Agent who goes by
that name in
The Matrix.
Emma seems to develop a quick fondness for Dr. Frey and
wants to know where he is when Mr. Finn and Mr. Jones come
to pick her up. They tell Emma she'll be with him "soon
enough". Since he demonstrated to Emma he also knew the term
"Matrix", it seems that Dr. Frey may have been one of the
awoke and his plan had been to help Emma understand what was
really happening. But the Agents' interception of Emma
suggests he was found out in the past day and has been
neutralized, as she will now be.
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