Chapter 21 Summary

In the morning, Case and Linda Lee discuss the person who she sometimes meets on the beach. She describes him as a Brazilian boy around age thirteen. Case realizes it must be the Rio-based Tessier-Ashpool AI. Case talks about walking down the beach to the city that can be seen in the distance. Linda Lee says she tried, once, to walk there but couldn't reach it. She explains that the longer she has remained by the bunker, the smaller her world has become.

Case walks along the beach, and Linda Lee, partially naked, follows him. They meet the Brazilian boy, and Case realizes the boy has Peter Riviera's eyes. The boy introduces himself as Neuromancer, and they hold a discussion. Case is able to see the artificial reality slowly crumbling, and then he begins to hear dub music. Case turns and walks away...