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Chapter 2
WeinventedyouinSiberia,Case.’
`What’sthatsupposedtomean?’
`ScreamingFist,Case.You’veheardthename.’
`Somekindofrun,wasn’tit?TriedtoburnthisRussiannexuswithvirusprograms.Yeah,Iheardaboutit.Andnobodygotout.’
Hesensedabrupttension.ArmitagewalkedtothewindowandlookedoutoverTokyoBay.`Thatisn’ttrue.OneunitmadeitbacktoHelsinki,Case.’
Caseshrugged,sippedcoffee.
`You’reaconsolecowboy.TheprototypesoftheprogramsyouusetocrackindustrialbanksweredevelopedforScreamingFist.FortheassaultontheKirenskcomputernexus.BasicmodulewasaNightwingmicrolight,apilot,amatrixdeck,ajockey.WewererunningaviruscalledMole.TheMoleserieswasthefirstgenerationofrealintrusionprograms.’
`Icebreakers,’Casesaid,overtherimoftheredmug.
`IcefromICE,intrusioncountermeasureselectronics.’
`Problemis,mister,I’mnojockeynow,soIthinkI’lljustbegoing...’
`Iwasthere,Case;Iwastherewhentheyinventedyourkind.’
`Yougotziptodowithmeandmykindbuddy.You’rerichenoughtohireexpensiverazorgirlstohaulmyassuphere,isall.I’mnevergonnapunchanydeckagain,notforyouoranybodyelse.’Hecrossedtothewindowandlookeddown.`That’swhereIlivenow.’
`Ourprofilesaysyou’retryingtoconthestreetintokillingyouwhenyou’renotlooking.’
`Profile?’
`We’vebuiltupadetailedmodel.Boughtago-toforeachofyouraliasesandrantheskimthroughsomemilitarysoftware.You’resuicidal,Case.
