Chapter 19 Summary

After more tedious mechanical operations, Case gets his deck hooked up in the Villa Straylight and enters cyberspace. He gets a status update from the construct and then flips the flipflop and watches Molly. Molly and 3Jane have a long discussion about personal motivation and Riviera. 3Jane admits she found Riviera interesting at first, but she is now bored of him. Now, 3Jane says she is interested in Molly.

3Jane tells Molly that her father, Ashpool, strangled her mother, Tessier. She talks about the history of her family and the plan for the two artificial intelligences that her mother designed and built. 3Jane also tells Molly a little about the other AI.

Riviera tries to taunt Molly again, but 3Jane forces him to go away. Molly tries, unsuccessfully, to get the code word from 3Jane. Case exits cyberspace, and Wintermute guides Case and...