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           Sheremovedthepinkraincoat,threwitdownbesidethewhitepants,andbegantopullthesuitonoverthewhitemeshtop.

           12:06:26.

           Case’svirushadboredawindowthroughthelibrary’scommandice.Hepunchedhimselfthroughandfoundaninfinitebluespacerangedwithcolor-codedspheresstrungonatightgridofpaleblueneon.Inthenonspaceofthematrix,theinteriorofagivendataconstructpossessedunlimitedsubjectivedimension;achild’stoycalculator,accessedthroughCase’sSendai,wouldhavepresentedlimitlessgulfsofnothingnesshungwithafewbasiccommands.CasebegantokeythesequencetheFinnhadpurchasedfromamid-eschelonsararimanwithseveredrugproblems.Hebegantoglidethroughthespheresasifhewereoninvisibletracks.

           Here.Thisone.

           Punchinghiswayintothesphere,chillblueneonvaultabovehimstarlessandsmoothasfrostedglass,hetriggeredasubprogramthateffectedcertainalterationsinthecorecustodialcommands.

           Outnow.Reversingsmoothly,thevirusreknittingthefabricofthewindow.

           Done.

           IntheSense/Netlobby,twoPantherModernssatalertlybehindalowrectangularplanter,tapingtheriotwithavideocamera.Theybothworechameleonsuits.`Tacticalsaresprayingfoambarricadesnow,’onenoted,speakingforthebenefitofhisthroatmike.`Rapidsarestilltryingtolandtheircopter.’

           Casehitthesimstimswitch.