Chapter 16 Summary

The Dixie Flatline notifies Case that Armitage has entered cyberspace by using a deck on the Haniwa. Case meets Armitage in cyberspace and asks if Wintermute also freed Armitage from capture by the Turing agents. Armitage does not answer. He has apparently broken down, mentally, and is living in the past.

Case flips the flipflop switch and watches Molly's progress. A small robot under Wintermute's control leads her through the estate. She tells Case that she doesn't expect to survive the mission. Wintermute informs Case that Armitage has completely lost it, which Case has already surmised. Case leaves cyberspace.

Maelcum tells Case that Armitage is acting crazy. Maelcum also tells Case that the Founders of Zion have determined that Wintermute is a false prophet, and they have told Maelcum and Aerol to cut and run. Case and Maelcum discuss the situation and consider...