Set entirely during the neurosurgery that lays down the installation of most of the cyberneural circuitry by Dr. Dennett Norton, this story places the reader inside Alex Murphy's head in a hallucinogenic half-dream full of skewed angles and garish colors. Antoine Vallon appears, clear-edged and solid, contrasted with David and Clara, goading Alex into chasing him. Through his pursuit of Vallon, Alex relives an old bust with his friend Jack Lewis, only, instead of the shootout he remembered, the enemies are are spindly robots, and Alex's weapon is comically useless against them.