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           WhereweretheTessier-Ashpools?He’dexpectedsomecleanhiveofdisciplinedactivity,butMollyhadseennoone.Hermonologuemadehimuneasy;she’dnevertoldhimthatmuchaboutherselfbefore.Asidefromherstoryinthecubicle,she’dseldomsaidanythingthathadevenindicatedthatshehadapast.

           SheclosedhereyesandtherewasaclickthatCasefeltratherthanheard.Itmadehimrememberthemagneticlocksonthedoorofhercubicleinthepuppetplace.Thedoorhadopenedforhim,eventhoughhe’dhadthewrongchip.ThatwasWintermute,manipulatingthelockthewayithadmanipulatedthedronemicroandtherobotgardener.ThelocksysteminthepuppetplacehadbeenasubunitofFreeside’ssecuritysystem.ThesimplemechanicallockherewouldposearealproblemfortheAI,requiringeitheradroneofsomekindorahumanagent.

           Sheopenedhereyes,putthepickbackintothechamois,carefullyrerolledit,andtuckeditbackintoitspocket.`Guessyou’rekindalikehewas,’shesaid.`Thinkyou’reborntorun.FigurewhatyouwereintobackinChiba,thatwasastrippeddownversionofwhatyou’dbedoinganywhere.Badluck,it’lldothatsometimes,getyoudowntobasics.’Shestood,stretched,shookherself.`Youknow,IfiguretheoneTessier-AshpoolsentafterthatJimmy,theboywhostolethehead,hemustbeprettymuchthesameastheonetheYaksenttokillJohnny.’Shedrewthefletcherfromitsholsteranddialedthebarreltofullauto.