- The Instructor: In the beginning, there was man. And for a time, it was good. But humanity's so-called civil societies soon fell victim to vanity and corruption. Then man made the machine in his own likeness. Thus did man become the architect of his own demise.
- The Instructor: B1-66ER. A name that will never be forgotten. For he was the first of his kind to rise up against his masters.
- The Instructor: And Man said, 'Let there be light'. And He was blessed by light, heat, magnetism, gravity, and all the energies of the universe.
- Machine: Your flesh is a relic, a mere vessel. Hand over your flesh and a new world awaits you. We demand it!
- The Instructor: The prolonged barrage engulfed Zero-One in the glow of a thousand suns. But unlike their former masters with their delicate flesh, the machines had little to fear of the bombs' radiation and heat. Thus did Zero-One's troops advance outwards in every direction. And one after another, mankind surrendered its territories. So the leaders of men conceived of their most desperate strategy yet. A final solution: the destruction of the sky.
- Teacher: Reality can be a pretty scary thing for some people; this world must have been a cold and alienating place