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Chapter 1

           GeneticmaterialsandhormonestrickleddowntoNinseialonganintricateladderoffrontsandblinds.SomehowWagehadmanagedtotracesomethingback,once,andnowheenjoyedsteadyconnectionsinadozencities.

           Casefoundhimselfstaringthroughashopwindow.Theplacesoldsmallbrightobjectstothesailors.Watches,flicknives,lighters,pocketVTRs,simstimdecks,weightedmanrikichains,andshuriken.Theshurikenhadalwaysfascinatedhim,steelstarswithknife-sharppoints.Somewerechromed,othersblack,otherstreatedwitharainbowsurfacelikeoilonwater.Butthechromestarsheldhisgaze.Theyweremountedagainstscarletultrasuedewithnearlyinvisibleloopsofnylonfishline,theircentersstampedwithdragonsoryinyangsymbols.Theycaughtthestreet’sneonandtwistedit,anditcametoCasethatthesewerethestarsunderwhichhevoyaged,hisdestinyspelledoutinaconstellationofcheapchrome.

           `Julie,’hesaidtohisstars.`TimetoseeoldJulie.He’llknow.

           JuliusDeanewasonehundredandthirty-fiveyearsold,hismetabolismassiduouslywarpedbyaweeklyfortuneinserumsandhormones.HisprimaryhedgeagainstagingwasayearlypilgrimagetoTokyo,wheregeneticsurgeonsre-setthecodeofhisDNA,aprocedureunavailableinChiba.Thenhe’dflytoHongkongandordertheyear’ssuitsandshirts.Sexlessandinhumanlypatient,hisprimarygratificationseemedtolieinhisdevotiontoesotericformsoftailor-worship.

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