Chapter 5 Summary

Case picks up Molly from the medical facility where she has been surgically repaired. They return to the Finn's private room. Molly explains that she cut a deal on the side with the Panther Moderns to have them investigate Armitage. Finn checks on the name Wintermute and tells them that Wintermute is an Artificial Intelligence, with limited Swiss citizenship, that was built for a corporation named Tessier-Ashpool S.A. Tessier-Ashpool S.A. owns the mainframe upon which Wintermute executes. The Wintermute AI is Armitage's boss.

Finn tells Case and Molly that he has had one previous business dealing with Tessier-Ashpool S.A. An associate of his received a stolen custom-made computer terminal in the form of a bejeweled head, a sort of clockwork automata. After some inquiries on how to fence the bejeweled head, a ninja visited Finn's associate, explained the bejeweled head...