Setting: Room 203 of the police psychology testing lab, police cafeteria, Hank’s office.

Character:
Arctor: Arctor has completely lost it by now, he’s no longer able to think straight and believes he is just Fred and no longer Arctor. He knows that his brain is almost burned out, but still wants to help his friends, that way people remember them.

Barris: Jim now reveals that he has been monitoring Arctor, trying to get him arrested by false information. His real intentions still aren’t known, or even why he’s trying to burn Arctor. He’s fairly nervous being around the cops in Hank’s office.

Plot: Fred heads to the medical examination room where he sees two new psychiatrists and goes through a number of tests for several hours. After having a blood test, one of the psychiatrists talks to Fred about having seen him last week, but Fred isn’t able to comprehend which doctor it is. He then is free to go and heads to Hank’s office where Jim Barris is waiting to provide evidence that Arctor is acting against the government. After talking to Barris about the evidence, Fred heads back to the examination room where they talk to him about his results and how his addiction to Substance D has made the two hemispheres of his brain have started to compete. This makes it impossible for Arctor to understand "what’s real and what’s reversed." Before going back to Hank’s office to inspect Barris’ evidence, Fred heads to the cafeteria to get some food. He has a run in with two good-looking women who mistake him for someone named Pete. Fred realizes he can do what he pleases in the scramble suit and pretends to be Pete for a while. After the women leave, he figures someone else will take his job and Fred doesn’t want this. He thinks about stealing the holo-scanner equipment so he can continue watching Arctor and his friends just in case something bad happens to them.

Theme: Even when the human mind is completely destroyed and confused, people are still able to make out as to what the right thing to do is. This drive to do what’s right is usually mistaken for madness though.