achieve his mission. The rhythm of his thinking following the pattern of his footsteps as he keeps to the sleepers dug into the earth:

Steve: Circle the town - five minutes.

Survey swarm positions - five minutes.

Find the swarms planted around the town to spring traps on me - ten minutes

He stops and drops to one knee to scan the area ahead through his rifle scope.

Steve: Am I that paranoid? They did know where to find me last time after all. Best to be careful. Ok, next.

He takes off again.

Steve: Up to the apartment block roof, plant two cameras and an aerial. Ten minutes tops.