The Zion Council decides not to pursue direct hostilities against the Kid and his “E Pluribus Neo” group. The Council’s reasoning is: Although their vow to offer freedom from the Matrix to all bluepills, not just those who first rejected the Matrix on their own, strains the terms of the Truce, and could lead to serious friction with the Machines, the Kid’s constant invocation of Zion’s hero, Neo, makes an attack upon his group political suicide, leading to mass protests in Zion itself. An increase in rumors concerning Morpheus has also added to the difficulty.