[Uh . . . y-yeah, Xan's thinking the same thing. He's really sorry, The Spine! But right now, you're just too much for him to handle. Not without him taking things up to a level he's just not willing to go on you. S-so . . . he needs help, which means going and trying to find his comm drone to get on the network. He hopes it didn't get too badly damaged. He's murmuring under his, well, "breath" (since he doesn't actually breathe) so The Spine won't actually hear him.]

I'm sorry, The Spine! I don't want to just leave you like this. Hopefully, it won't be for long. But you're going to be all right. I'll make sure of it!

[And with that, he's dashed around a corner and out of sight.]