Chapter 13 Summary

The Turing law enforcement agents strip Case and interrogate him while he is naked. They tell him Armitage is already in custody and give a brief recap of the main crimes perpetrated by Case, Molly and Armitage. Their information is surprisingly complete and accurate. They tell Case he can either return to Earth and testify against Wintermute or be immediately executed as an insignificant participant. Case agrees to testify against Wintermute. They allow him to dress. Case argues the legality of their arrest, but they wave guns and tell him the legality of it should not be his main concern.

The Turing agents attempt to transport Case to a spacecraft, but on the walk through Freeside, Wintermute commandeers some local robots - a standard security robot and a gardening robot - and ambushes the agents, killing them. Case expresses some amazement as he...