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           `Howdoyouknowthat,myfriend?’

           `Iguesshementioneditsometime,’Casesaid,regrettingtheslip.`Everybody’sgotacouplenames.YournamePierre?’

           `WeknowhowyouwererepairedinChiba,’Michlesaid,`andthatmayhavebeenWintermute’sfirstmistake.’Casestaredatherasblanklyashecould.Thenamehadn’tbeenmentionedbefore.`Theprocessemployedonyouresultedintheclinic’sownerapplyingforsevenbasicpatents.Doyouknowwhatthatmeans?’

           `No.’

           `ItmeansthattheoperatorofablackclinicinChibaCitynowownsacontrollinginterestinthreemajormedicalresearchconsortiums.Thisreversestheusualorderofthings,yousee.Itattractedattention.’Shecrossedherbrownarmsacrosshersmallhighbreastsandsettledbackagainsttheprintcushion.Casewonderedhowoldshemightbe.Peoplesaidthatagealwaysshowedintheeyes,buthe’dneverbeenabletoseeit.JulieDeanehadhadtheeyesofadisinterestedten-year-oldbehindtherosequartzofhisglasses.NothingoldaboutMichlebutherknuckles.`TracedyoutotheSprawl,lostyouagain,thencaughtupwithyouasyouwereleavingforIstanbul.Webacktracked,tracedyouthroughthegrid,determinedthatyou’dinstigatedariotatSense/Net.Sense/Netwaseagertocooperate.Theyrananinventoryforus.TheydiscoveredthatMcCoyPauley’sROMpersonalityconstructwasmissing.’

           `InIstanbul,’Rolandsaid,almostapologetically,`itwasveryeasy.