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Chapter 1
Goit,Case,hetoldhimself.Suck’emin.Lastthingthey’llexpect.Hewashalfablockfromthegamesarcadewherehe’dfirstmetLindaLee.
HeboltedacrossNinsei,scatteringapackofstrollingsailors.OneofthemscreamedafterhiminSpanish.Thenhewasthroughtheentrance,thesoundcrashingoverhimlikesurf,subsonicsthrobbinginthepitofhisstomach.Someonescoredaten-megatonhitonTankWarEuropa,asimulatedairburstdrowningthearcadeinwhitesoundasaluridhologramfireballmushroomedoverhead.Hecuttotherightandlopedupaflightofunpaintedchipboardstairs.He’dcomehereoncewithWage,todiscussadealinproscribedhormonaltriggerswithamancalledMatsuga.Herememberedthehallway,itsstainedmatting,therowofidenticaldoorsleadingtotinyofficecubicles.Onedoorwasopennow.AJapanesegirlinasleevelessblackt-shirtglancedupfromawhiteterminal,behindherheadatravelposterofGreece,Aegianbluesplashedwithstreamlinedideograms.
`Getyoursecurityuphere,’Casetoldher.
Thenhesprinteddownthecorridor,outofhersight.Thelasttwodoorswereclosedand,heassumed,locked.Hespunandslammedthesoleofhisnylonrunningshoeintothebluelacqueredcompositiondooratthefarend.Itpopped,cheaphardwarefailingfromthesplinteredframe.Darknessthere,thewhitecurveofaterminalhousing.Thenhewasonthedoortoitsright,bothhandsaroundthetransparentplasticknob,leaninginwitheverythinghehad.Somethingsnapped,andhewasinside.
