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           `CoststogotoChiba,coststogetthesurgery,coststohavethemjackyournervoussystemupsoyou’llhavethereflexestogowiththegear...YouknowhowIgotthemoney,whenIwasstartingout?Here.Nothere,butaplacelikeit,intheSprawl.Joke,tostartwith,’causeoncetheyplantthecut-outchip,itseemslikefreemoney.Wakeupsore,sometimes,butthat’sit.Rentingthegoods,isall.Youaren’tin,whenit’sallhappening.Househassoftwareforwhateveracustomerwantstopayfor...’Shecrackedherknuckles.`Fine.Iwasgettingmymoney.Troublewas,thecut-outandthecircuitrytheChibaclinicsputinweren’tcompatible.Sotheworktimestartedbleedingin,andIcouldrememberit...Butitwasjustbaddreams,andnotallbad.’Shesmiled.`Thenitstartedgettingstrange.’Shepulledhiscigarettesfromhispocketandlitone.`ThehousefoundoutwhatIwasdoingwiththemoney.Ihadthebladesin,butthefineneuromotorworkwouldtakeanotherthreetrips.NowayIwasreadytogiveuppuppettime.’Sheinhaled,blewoutastreamofsmoke,cappingitwiththreeperfectrings.`Sothebastardwhorantheplace,hehadsomecustomsoftwarecookedup.Berlin,that’stheplaceforsnuff,youknow?Bigmarketformeankicks,Berlin.Ineverknewwhowrotetheprogramtheyswitchedmeto,butitwasbasedonalltheclassics.’

           `Theyknewyouwerepickinguponthisstuff?Thatyouwereconsciouswhileyouwereworking?’

           `Iwasn’tconscious.It’slikecyberspace,butblank.