human
They all report in yet?
gpt
Squirrel Hill's got your signal on, same reading as you have. Bloomfield thinks they may have it. Oakland's not too sure. Everybody else is negative. The controller walked over.
human
Which one is it?
gpt
Can't you get it on your screen?
human
Hell, yes, I've got him on my screen! King swiveled in his chair and turned on the set. The scope was covered with pale dots.
gpt
Which one is he? There? He pointed to the left.
human
That's a guy who didn't get the raise he wanted. There? He pointed to the center.
gpt
That's a little girl with bad dreams. She has them every night. There? That's my brother! He's in the Veteran's Hospital and wanted to come home a week ago.
human
So don't get excited, said the controller.
gpt
I only asked.
human
I'm sorry, Gus, King apologized.
gpt
My fault. I'm a little edgy ... probably nothing at all.
human
Well you got it narrowed down anyway, Gus said.
gpt
If you got it, and Squirrel Hill's got it, then he's in Shadyside. If Oakland doesn't have him, then he's on this side of Aiken Avenue. The controller had caught King's fever; the
human
had become a
gpt
.
human
And if Bloomfield doesn't have him, then he's on the other side of Baum Boulevard.
gpt
Only Bloomfield might have him.
human
Well what the hell, you've still got him located in the lower half of Shadyside. Tell you what, I'll send a man up Ellsworth, get Bloomfield to cruise Baum Boulevard in a scout car, and have Squirrel Hill put a patrol on Wilkens. We can triangulate.
gpt
No, said King,
human
It's your show,