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Chapter 3
’OntheSony,atwo-dimensionalspacewarfadedbehindaforestofmathematicallygeneratedferns,demonstratingthespacialpossibilitiesoflogarithmicspirals;coldbluemilitaryfootageburnedthrough,labanimalswiredintotestsystems,helmetsfeedingintofirecontrolcircuitsoftanksandwarplanes.`Cyberspace.Aconsensualhallucinationexperienceddailybybillionsoflegitimateoperators,ineverynation,bychildrenbeingtaughtmathematicalconcepts...Agraphicrepresentationofdataabstractedfromthebanksofeverycomputerinthehumansystem.Unthinkablecomplexity.Linesoflightrangedinthenonspaceofthemind,clustersandconstellationsofdata.Likecitylights,receding...’
`What’sthat?’Mollyasked,asheflippedthechannelselector.
`Kid’sshow.’Adiscontinuousfloodofimagesastheselectorcycled.`Off,’hesaidtotheHosaka.
`Youwanttotrynow,Case?’
Wednesday.EightdaysfromwakinginCheapHotelwithMollybesidehim.`Youwantmetogoout,Case?Maybeeasierforyou,alone...’Heshookhishead.
`No.Stay,doesn’tmatter.’Hesettledtheblackterrysweatbandacrosshisforehead,carefulnottodisturbtheflatSendaidermatrodes.Hestaredatthedeckonhislap,notreallyseeingit,seeinginsteadtheshopwindowonNinsei,thechromedshurikenburningwithreflectedneon.
