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           ’

           `How’dyouknowitwasanAI?’

           `How’dIknow?Jesus.ItwasthedensesticeI’deverseen.Sowhatelsewasit?Themilitarydowntheredon’thaveanythinglikethat.Anyway,Ijackedoutandtoldmycomputertolookitup.’

           `Yeah?’

           `ItwasontheTuringRegistry.AI.FrogcompanyowneditsRiomainframe.’

           CasechewedhislowerlipandgazedoutacrosstheplateausoftheEasternSeaboardFissionAuthority,intotheinfiniteneuroelectronicvoidofthematrix.`Tessier-Ashpool,Dixie?’

           `Tessier,yeah.’

           `Andyouwentback?’

           `Sure.Iwascrazy.FiguredI’dtrytocutit.Hitthefirststrataandthat’sallshewrote.Myjoeboysmelledtheskinfryingandpulledthetrodesoffme.Meanshit,thatice.’

           `AndyourEEGwasflat.’

           `Well,that’sthestuffoflegend,ain’tit?’

           Casejackedout.`Shit,’hesaid,`howdoyouthinkDixiegothimselfflatlined,huh?TryingtobuzzanAI.Great...’

           `Goon,’shesaid,`thetwoofyouaresupposedtobedynamite,right?’

           `Dix,’Casesaid,`IwannahavealookatanAIinBerne.Canyouthinkofanyreasonnotto?’

           `Notunlessyougotamorbidfearofdeath,no.’

           CasepunchedfortheSwissbankingsector,feelingawaveofexhilarationascyberspaceshivered,blurred,gelled.