[ Rick trusts Kaneda's instinct when it comes to Tetsuo. He can read a lot about the kid himself, he can guess things and put together conclusions -- but it isn't like Kaneda. They were family. Family that got broken and twisted along the way, but it still doesn't erase what they are. ]

Maybe it's that guy you were talkin' about. The one with magic. The one you thought I was. You got any leads on who that is? Ain't Jonathan Crane, is it?

[ Rick doesn't know the man or his abilities besides being a piece of shit. But it would be convenient if the target of Rick's hatred happened to also be the man they were looking for. It'd be like killing two birds with one stone. ]