After jacking into the town network and doing some searching, Rankine finally found Spectro lounging around in the network of some café, where he was being told to leave the area.
"You know, you and Crux should stop getting into dangerous situations like that. Then maybe I wouldn't be running around like an idiot. You know?"
"Hey, you remember that promise you made to me?" Rankine said, being as patient as humanly possible with him.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"You know: 'I'll do whatever you want me to do, just don't turn me in to those net officials'?"
Spectro paused for a minute. "I was just exaggerating. Besides, I was desperate."
"Oh, okay, then I suppose the officials will be happy to see you. I'll just call them over here--"
Spectro immediately got up on his feet. "Oh, all RIGHT. God dammit Jesus [tornado fang]ing christ..."
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Spectro was not in the PET pro tem, and Rankine wend back to the hospital.