"You've got the wrong data in you, for what you're meant to be," Tick said. "To be perfectly honest," Colin… — William Gibson
"You've got the wrong data in you, for what you're meant to be," Tick said.
"To be perfectly honest," Colin said, with a toss of his forelock, "I've suspected as much."
"Been iced over…You're supposed to know fucking everything about Shakespeare, aren't you?"
"Sorry," Colin said, "but I'm afraid that I do know fucking everything about Shakespeare."
"Give us a sonnet, then."
Something like dismay crossed Colin's face. "You're right."
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Kumiko looked into Colin's transparent green eyes…"What are you?"
"A Maas-Neotek biochip personality-base programmed to aid and advise the Japanese visitor in the United Kingdom." He winked at her.
"Why did you wink?"
The ghost touched his lips with a slim forefinger. "I'm something else as well, yes. I do display a bit too much initiative for a mere guide program. I can't tell you exactly what I am, though, because I don't know."
Petal called the city Smoke.
In cyberspace, Kumiko noted, there are no shadows.
