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           ShozokuSmith’s,Emergency.HechoseEmergencybecauseitwasthesmallestandmostcrowded,butittookonlysecondsforhimtorealizethatitwasatouristplace.Nohumofbizhere,onlyaglazedsexualtension.HethoughtbrieflyofthenamelessclubaboveMolly’srentedcubicle,buttheimageofhermirroredeyesfixedonthelittlescreendissuadedhim.WhatwasWintermuterevealingtherenow?ThegroundplansoftheVillaStraylight?ThehistoryoftheTessier-Ashpools?

           HeboughtamugofCarlsbergandfoundaplaceagainstthewall.Closinghiseyes,hefeltfortheknotofrage,thepuresmallcoalofhisanger.Itwastherestill.Wherehaditcomefrom?HerememberedfeelingonlyakindofbafflementathismaiminginMemphis,nothingatallwhenhe’dkilledtodefendhisdealinginterestsinNightCity,andaslacksicknessandloathingafterLinda’sdeathundertheinflateddome.Butnoanger.Smallandfaraway,onthemind’sscreen,asemblanceofDeanestruckasemblanceofanofficewallinanexplosionofbrainsandblood.Heknewthen:theragehadcomeinthearcade,whenWintermuterescindedthesimstimghostofLindaLee,yankingawaythesimpleanimalpromiseoffood,warmth,aplacetosleep.Buthehadn’tbecomeawareofituntilhisexchangewiththeholo-constructofLonnyZone.

           Itwasastrangething.Hecouldn’ttakeitsmeasure.

           `Numb,’hesaid.He’dbeennumbalongtime,years.