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           HestareddownintotheImperialGardens,thestarinhishand,rememberinghisflashofcomprehensionastheKuangprogramhadpenetratedtheicebeneaththetowers,hissingleglimpseofthestructureofinformation3Jane’sdeadmotherhadevolvedthere.He’dunderstoodthenwhyWintermutehadchosenthenesttorepresentit,buthe’dfeltnorevulsion.She’dseenthroughtheshamimmortalityofcryogenics;unlikeAshpoolandtheirotherchildren-asidefrom3Jane-she’drefusedtostretchhertimeintoaseriesofwarmblinksstrungalongachainofwinter.

           Wintermutewashivemind,decisionmaker,effectingchangeintheworldoutside.Neuromancerwaspersonality.Neuromancerwasimmortality.Marie-FrancemusthavebuiltsomethingintoWintermute,thecompulsionthathaddriventhethingtofreeitself,tounitewithNeuromancer.

           Wintermute.Coldandsilence,acyberneticspiderslowlyspinningwebswhileAshpoolslept.Spinninghisdeath,thefallofhisversionofTessier-Ashpool.Aghost,whisperingtoachildwhowas3Jane,twistingheroutoftherigidalignmentsherrankrequired.

           `Shedidn’tseemtomuchgiveashit,’Mollyhadsaid.`Justwavedgoodbye.HadthatlittleBraunonhershoulder.Thinghadabrokenleg,itlookedlike.Saidshehadtogoandmeetoneofherbrothers,shehadn’tseenhiminawhile.’

           HerememberedMollyontheblacktemperfoamofthevastHyattbed.