Lanier waited for Villiers to say something. When he didn’t, he went on. "The other problem is that the kid’s memory may really and truly be fragged up. Whether it was conditioning Renraku gave him or something that happened with the otaku, we just don’t know yet. If it is, then we might not be able to get anything useful out of him. Unraveling the mess of his wetware is going to be difficult and take time."