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Chapter 4
Hetightenedthenylonharnessthatheldhiminthechairandreplacedthetrodes.
Routinenow:trodes,jack,andflip.
TheSense/Netresearchlibrarywasadeadstoragearea;thematerialsstoredherehadtobephysicallyremovedbeforetheycouldbeinterfaced.Mollyhobbledbetweenrowsofidenticalgraylockers.
`Tellherfivemoreandtentoherleft,Brood,’Casesaid.
`Fivemoreandtenleft,CatMother,’thelinkmansaid.
Shetooktheleft.Awhite-facedlibrariancoweredbetweentwolockers,hercheekswet,eyesblank.Mollyignoredher.CasewonderedwhattheModernshaddonetoprovokethatlevelofterror.Heknewithadsomethingtodowithahoaxedthreat,buthe’dbeentooinvolvedwithhisicetofollowMolly’sexplanation.
`That’sit,’Casesaid,butshe’dalreadystoppedinfrontofthecabinetthatheldtheconstruct.ItslinesremindedCaseoftheNeo-AztecbookcasesinJulieDeane’santeroominChiba.
`Doit,Cutter,’Mollysaid.
Caseflippedtocyberspaceandsentacommandpulsingdownthecrimsonthreadthatpiercedthelibraryice.Fiveseparatealarmsystemswereconvincedthattheywerestilloperative.Thethreeelaboratelocksdeactivated,butconsideredthemselvestohaveremainedlocked.Thelibrary’scentralbanksufferedaminuteshiftinitspermanentmemory:theconstructhadbeenremoved,perexecutiveorder,amonthbefore.
