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Chapter 24
HewentbacktothebarcabinetandtookaflaskofchilledDanishvodkafromtherackinside.
`Case.’
Heturned,coldslickglassinonehand,steeloftheshurikenintheother.
TheFinn’sfaceontheroom’senormousCraywallscreen.Hecouldseetheporesintheman’snose.Theyellowteethwerethesizeofpillows.
`I’mnotWintermutenow.’
`Sowhatareyou.’Hedrankfromtheflask,feelingnothing.
`I’mthematrix,Case.’
Caselaughed.`Where’sthatgetyou?’
`Nowhere.Everywhere.I’mthesumtotaloftheworks,thewholeshow.’
`Thatwhat3Jane’smotherwanted?’
`No.Shecouldn’timaginewhatI’dbelike.’Theyellowsmilewidened.
`Sowhat’sthescore?Howarethingsdifferent?Yourunningtheworldnow?YouGod?’
`Thingsaren’tdifferent.Thingsarethings.’
`Butwhatdoyoudo?Youjustthere?’Caseshrugged,putthevodkaandtheshurikendownonthecabinetandlitaYeheyuan.
`Italktomyownkind.’
`Butyou’rethewholething.Talktoyourself?’
`There’sothers.Ifoundonealready.Seriesoftransmissionsrecordedoveraperiodofeightyears,inthenineteen-seventies.’Tiltherewasme,natch,therewasnobodytoknow,nobodytoanswer.
