“There are some who will tell you that with all of its haste and lack of punctuation, text messaging is the death of communication via the English language,” Fielding told Pitman over the phone. “This message, however, is evidence of its singularly descriptive powers.”
“‘DEA fux’ is singular,” agreed Pitman, adding a chuckle.
Obviously the kid was just sucking up.
“What I meant was the readout of the latitude and longitude of the guy’s cell phone to three thousandths of a degree,” Fielding said. “Shakespeare couldn’t have done any better.”
“Oh, that, of course. I put the hunting pack into a lasso perimeter around the coordinates.”
“Good. Also, it occurred to me that the rabbits must be using tarps or something like that, layered with snow, to mask them from the infrared. So pass along word to the boys in the hunting pack that if they step on a mound of snow and it says ‘Ouch,’ shoot.”