"That's the easy way," Shannon said. Not that there was anything wrong with the easy way. Some might consider it cheating, but Shannon thought of it as keeping things nice and simple. Who cared how it happened as long as it got the work done? Although that was probably the line of thinking that got people like Avery into their drudging habits and poorly-articulated articles. It was a matter of not sitting on ones' laurels, which Delacroix had still yet avoided by calling him up in the first place.

Reaching down to give a quick scratch at Lacey's head, indicating that they would be moving soon, Shannon asked, "Where is it? Have you got an address?"