“What did Blackwell mean, about Rez wanting to marry a Japanese girl who isn’t real?” “Rei Toei. She is a… — William Gibson
“What did Blackwell mean, about Rez wanting to marry a Japanese girl who isn’t real?”
“Rei Toei. She is a personality-construct, a congeries of software agents, the creation of information-designers. She is akin to what I believe they call a ‘synthespian,’ in Hollywood.”
Laney closed his eyes, opened them. “Then how can he marry her?”
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