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Chapter 3
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Hestaredather.`SotellmewhatyouknowaboutArmitage.’
`Forstarters,nobodynamedArmitagetookpartinanyScreamingFist.Ichecked.Butthatdoesn’tmeanmuch.Hedoesn’tlooklikeanyofthepicsoftheguyswhogotout.’Sheshrugged.`Bigdeal.AndstartersisallIgot.’Shedrummedhernailsonthebackofthechair.`Butyouareacowboy,aren’tyou?Imean,maybeyoucouldhavealittlelookaround.’Shesmiled.
`He’dkillme.’
`Maybe.Maybenot.Ithinkheneedsyou,Case,andrealbad.Besides,you’reacleverjohn,no?Youcanwinklehim,sure.’
`Whatelseisonthatlistyoumentioned?’
`Toys.Mostlyforyou.AndonecertifiedpsychopathnameofPeterRiviera.Realuglycustomer.’
`Where’she?’
`Dunno.Buthe’sonesickfuck,nolie.Isawhisprofile.’Shemadeaface.`Godawful.’Shestoodupandstretched,catlike.`Sowegotanaxisgoing,boy?We’retogetherinthis?Partners?’
Caselookedather.`Igottalottachoice,huh?’
Shelaughed.`Yougotit,cowboy.’
`Thematrixhasitsrootsinprimitivearcadegames,’saidthevoice-over,`inearlygraphicsprogramsandmilitaryexperimentationwithcranialjacks.
