diff --git a/src/com/owoga/prhyme/data/tpt.clj b/src/com/owoga/prhyme/data/tpt.clj
index d59562e..9e1e525 100644
--- a/src/com/owoga/prhyme/data/tpt.clj
+++ b/src/com/owoga/prhyme/data/tpt.clj
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 (defn sbyte [b]
   (bit-or -0x100 b))
 
+(defn nth-bit [n b]
+  (let [mask (bit-shift-left 1 n)]
+    (bit-and
+     1
+     (bit-shift-right
+      (bit-and mask b)
+      n))))
+
 (defn as-binary-string [b]
   (string/replace
    (format "%8s" (Integer/toBinaryString b))
@@ -19,6 +27,72 @@
 (defn bits [binary-string]
   (Integer/parseInt binary-string 2))
 
+(defn bit-on [i b]
+  (bit-or b (int (Math/pow 2 i))))
+
+;; I've got a dictionary of ~120,000 words.
+;; I need to reference them in a compact way.
+;; It will be a little bit of a waste, but we can use a 32 bit index.
+
+(/ (Math/log 1.2e5) (Math/log 2))
+
+
+
+(defn vb-encode [n]
+  (loop [n n
+         b '()]
+    (cond
+      (< n 128) (let [ba (byte-array (cons n b))
+                      i (dec (count ba))]
+                  (aset-byte ba i (sbyte (+ 128 (aget ba i))))
+                  ba)
+      :else (recur (quot n 128) (cons (mod n 128) b)))))
+
+(defn vb-decode-1 [ba]
+  (loop [n 0
+         i 0]
+    (let [b (aget ba i)]
+      (cond
+        (> (bit-and b 0x80) 0)
+        [(bit-or (bit-and 0x7f b)
+                 (bit-shift-left n 7))
+         (inc i)]
+        :else
+        (recur (bit-or (bit-and 0x7f b)
+                       (bit-shift-left n 7))
+               (inc i))))))
+
+(defn vb-decode
+  ([ba]
+   (vb-decode ba 0))
+  ([ba i]
+   (if (>= i (count ba))
+     (cons (first (vb-decode-1 ba))
+           nil)
+     (let [[value byte-count] (vb-decode-1 ba)]
+       (lazy-seq
+        (cons
+         value
+         (vb-decode (byte-array (drop byte-count ba))
+                    (+ i byte-count))))))))
+
+(comment
+  (let [n1 0
+        n2 1
+        n3 127
+        n4 128
+        n5 257
+        n6 9876543210
+        baos (java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.)]
+    (->> [n1 n2 n3 n4 n5 n6]
+         (map vb-encode)
+         (run! #(.writeBytes baos %)))
+    (let [ba (.toByteArray baos)]
+      (vb-decode ba)))
+
+  ;; => ([0 1] [1 1] [127 1] [128 2] [257 2] [9876543210 5])
+  )
+
 (defn encode-with-flag-bits
   "Flag is a binary string.
   Returns byte array."
@@ -58,20 +132,22 @@
   "Flag is only used for length. It could be refactored to take an int.
   Or it could be refactored to take a function that does work based on the flags.
   For now though, flag bits must be checked external to this. This is just parity
-  decoding of the encoding above."
+  decoding of the encoding above.
+  Returns [decoded-number number-of-bytes-read]."
   [flag ba]
   (let [flag-len (count flag)
         data-len (- 8 flag-len)
         mask-val (int (dec (Math/pow 2 data-len)))]
-    (loop [ba ba r 0]
+    (loop [ba ba r 0 i 0]
       (if (empty? ba)
-        r
+        [r i]
         (let [data-val (bit-and mask-val (first ba))]
           (recur
            (rest ba)
            (bit-or
             (bit-shift-left r data-len)
-            data-val)))))))
+            data-val)
+           (inc i)))))))
 
 (comment
   (let [ns [0 1 127 128 257 9876543210]
@@ -81,7 +157,15 @@
         decoded (->> encoded
                      (map (partial decode-with-flag-bits "101")))]
     decoded)
-  ;; => (0 1 127 128 257 9876543210)
+  ;; => ([0 1] [1 1] [127 2] [128 2] [257 2] [9876543210 7])
+  (let [ns [0 1 127 128 257 9876543210]
+        encoded (map
+                 (partial encode-with-flag-bits "001")
+                 ns)
+        decoded (->> encoded
+                     (map (partial decode-with-flag-bits "101")))]
+    decoded)
+  ;; => ([0 1] [1 1] [127 2] [128 2] [257 2] [9876543210 7])
   )
 
 (defn encode-byte-with-n-flag-bits [n b]
@@ -99,71 +183,6 @@
         r
         (recur (rest ba)
                (+ r ))))))
-(defn bit-on [i b]
-  (bit-or b (int (Math/pow 2 i))))
-
-;; I've got a dictionary of ~120,000 words.
-;; I need to reference them in a compact way.
-;; It will be a little bit of a waste, but we can use a 32 bit index.
-
-(/ (Math/log 1.2e5) (Math/log 2))
-
-
-
-(defn vb-encode [n]
-  (loop [n n
-         b '()]
-    (cond
-      (< n 128) (let [ba (byte-array (cons n b))
-                      i (dec (count ba))]
-                  (aset-byte ba i (sbyte (+ 128 (aget ba i))))
-                  ba)
-      :else (recur (quot n 128) (cons (mod n 128) b)))))
-
-(defn vb-decode-1 [ba]
-  (loop [n 0
-         i 0]
-    (let [b (aget ba i)]
-      (cond
-        (> (bit-and b 0x80) 0)
-        [(bit-or (bit-and 0x7f b)
-                 (bit-shift-left n 7))
-         (inc i)]
-        :else
-        (recur (bit-or (bit-and 0x7f b)
-                       (bit-shift-left n 7))
-               (inc i))))))
-
-(defn vb-decode
-  ([ba]
-   (vb-decode ba 0))
-  ([ba i]
-   (if (>= i (count ba))
-     (cons (first (vb-decode-1 ba))
-           nil)
-     (let [[value byte-count] (vb-decode-1 ba)]
-       (lazy-seq
-        (cons
-         value
-         (vb-decode (byte-array (drop byte-count ba))
-                    (+ i byte-count))))))))
-
-(comment
-  (let [n1 0
-        n2 1
-        n3 127
-        n4 128
-        n5 257
-        n6 9876543210
-        baos (java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.)]
-    (->> [n1 n2 n3 n4 n5 n6]
-         (map vb-encode)
-         (run! #(.writeBytes baos %)))
-    (let [ba (.toByteArray baos)]
-      (vb-decode ba)))
-
-  ;; => ([0 1] [1 1] [127 1] [128 2] [257 2] [9876543210 5])
-  )
 
 (def dictionary ["hi" "my" "name" "is" "what"])
 
diff --git a/src/com/owoga/prhyme/rhyme_trie.clj b/src/com/owoga/prhyme/rhyme_trie.clj
index 62f5db2..c45dd33 100644
--- a/src/com/owoga/prhyme/rhyme_trie.clj
+++ b/src/com/owoga/prhyme/rhyme_trie.clj
@@ -6,6 +6,72 @@
   (:import (java.io ByteArrayOutputStream ByteArrayInputStream
                     DataOutputStream DataInputStream)))
 
+(defprotocol IByteArrayCursor
+  (loc [_])
+  (jump [_ loc] "Moves location of cursor to specified index.")
+  (advance [_] [_ n])
+  (retreat [_] [_ n])
+  (peek [_])
+  (val [_])
+  (slice [_ end])
+  (ba= [_ oba] (identical? ba oba)))
+
+(deftype ByteArrayCursor [ba loc]
+  IByteArrayCursor
+  (loc [_] loc)
+  (jump [_ loc] (ByteArrayCursor. ba loc))
+  (advance [_] (ByteArrayCursor. ba (inc loc)))
+  (advance [_ n] (ByteArrayCursor. ba (+ loc n)))
+  (retreat [_] (ByteArrayCursor. ba (dec loc)))
+  (retreat [_ n] (ByteArrayCursor. ba (- loc n)))
+  (peek [_] (nth ba (inc loc)))
+  (val [_] (nth ba loc))
+  (slice [_ n]
+    (loop [i 0 r []]
+      (if (or (= i n)
+              (>= (+ loc i) (count ba)))
+        (byte-array r)
+        (recur (inc i) (conj r (aget ba (+ i loc)))))))
+
+  clojure.lang.Indexed
+  (nth [_ i] (aget ba (+ loc i)))
+  (nth [_ i not-found] (aget ba (+ loc i) not-found))
+
+  clojure.lang.IPersistentCollection
+  (count [_] (count ba))
+  (cons [_ o] (ByteArrayCursor. (byte-array (concat ba [o])) loc))
+  (empty [_] (ByteArrayCursor. (byte-array 0) 0))
+  (equiv [self o] (and (ba= o ba)
+                       (= loc (loc o))))
+
+  clojure.lang.ISeq
+  (first [self] (self))
+  (next [self] (ByteArrayCursor. ba (inc loc)))
+  (more [_] (ByteArrayCursor. ba (inc loc)))
+
+  clojure.lang.Seqable
+  (seq [_] (let [seeker (fn seeker [ba i]
+                          (if (>= i (count ba))
+                            nil
+                            (lazy-seq
+                             (cons
+                              (aget ba i)
+                              (seeker ba (inc i))))))]
+             (seeker ba loc))))
+
+(comment
+  (let [bac1 (->ByteArrayCursor (byte-array (range 100)) 0)
+        bac2 (->ByteArrayCursor (byte-array (range 100 200)) 0)
+        bac3 (take-last 5 (concat bac1 bac2))
+        bac4 (take-last 5 (conj bac1 111))]
+    [(peek bac1)
+     (take 5 (next bac1))
+     (take 5 (rest bac1))
+     bac3
+     bac4])
+
+  )
+
 (defn branch? [node]
   (and (map? node)
        (:children (first (vals node)))))
@@ -141,7 +207,6 @@
    (loc->byte-address loc 0))
   ([loc starting-offset]
    (let [prev (previous-node loc)]
-       (when prev (println "prev" (zip/node prev)))
        (if prev
          (let [[k {:keys [byte-address byte-array]}] (first (seq (zip/node prev)))]
            (+ byte-address (count byte-array)))
@@ -151,7 +216,6 @@
   "Given a child gets a map with info needed to build an index."
   [child]
   (let [[k {:keys [byte-address byte-array] :as v}] (first (seq child))]
-    (println byte-address byte-array)
     {:byte-address byte-address
      :key k
      :byte-array byte-array}))
@@ -162,6 +226,11 @@
       (visitor loc)
       loc)))
 
+(def *offset-flag* 0)
+
+(defn offset-byte? [b]
+  (= *offset-flag* (tpt/nth-bit 8 b)))
+
 (defn encode-offset
   "0-padded"
   [n]
@@ -171,13 +240,55 @@
   [ba]
   (tpt/decode-with-flag-bits "0" ba))
 
+(defn decode-offset-cursor [cursor]
+  (let [bytes (take-while offset-byte? cursor)
+        [decoded byte-count] (tpt/decode-with-flag-bits "0" (byte-array bytes))]
+    [decoded (advance cursor byte-count)]))
+
 (defn encode-key
   "1-padded"
   [n]
   (tpt/encode-with-flag-bits "1" n))
 
+(def *key-flag* 1)
+
+(defn key-byte? [b]
+  (= *key-flag* (tpt/nth-bit 8 b)))
+
 (defn decode-key [ba]
-  (tpt/decode-with-flag-bits "1" ba))
+  (let [bytes (take-while key-byte? ba)]
+    (tpt/decode-with-flag-bits "1" (byte-array bytes))))
+
+(defn decode-key-cursor [cursor]
+  (let [bytes (take-while key-byte? cursor)
+        [decoded byte-count] (tpt/decode-with-flag-bits "1" (byte-array bytes))]
+    [decoded (advance cursor byte-count)]))
+
+(comment
+  ;; Test encoding and decoding key/offset pairs.
+  ;; Cursor works just the same as a byte-array but
+  ;; instead of the decodes returning a byte-count
+  ;; it returns a cursor with a pointer to the new location.
+  (let [key (encode-key 128)
+        offset (encode-offset 65537)
+        ba (byte-array (concat key offset))
+        cursor (->ByteArrayCursor
+                (byte-array (concat (byte-array 3) ba (byte-array (repeat 3 -1))))
+                3)
+        [decoded-key key-bytecount] (decode-key ba)
+        [decoded-offset offset-bytecount] (decode-offset (drop key-bytecount ba))
+        [decoded-key-cursor new-cursor] (decode-key-cursor cursor)
+        [decoded-offset-cursor new-cursor] (decode-offset-cursor new-cursor)]
+    [decoded-key
+     decoded-offset
+     decoded-key-cursor
+     decoded-offset-cursor])
+  ;; => [128 65537 128 65537]
+  (let [key (encode-key 128)
+        offset (encode-offset 65537)
+        bac (->ByteArrayCursor (byte-array (concat key offset)) 0)]
+    (take 2 ba))
+  )
 
 (defn pack-node-value
   "Returns byte-array of node value.
@@ -188,7 +299,6 @@
   Nodes without terminal values get a value and count of 0."
   [node]
   (let [baos (ByteArrayOutputStream.)]
-    (println "node-value" node)
     (.write baos (tpt/vb-encode (get node :value 0)))
     (.write baos (tpt/vb-encode (get node :count 0)))
     (.toByteArray baos)))
@@ -196,36 +306,37 @@
 (defn pack-index-entry
   [child]
   (let [baos (ByteArrayOutputStream.)]
-    (println "index-entry" child)
     (.write baos (encode-key (:key child)))
     (.write baos (encode-offset (:offset child)))
     (.toByteArray baos)))
 
+(defn unpack-index-entry
+  [ba i]
+  (let [cursor (->ByteArrayCursor ba i)
+        [key offset] (decode-key )]))
+
+(let [some-array (make-array Integer/TYPE 3)]
+  (drop 1 some-array))
+
 (defn pack-index
   "Reserves 4 bytes for offset of root node.
   Lots of mutation going on here as we write to baos."
   [loc]
-  (println "pack-index" (zip/node loc))
   (let [baos (ByteArrayOutputStream.)
         byte-address (loc->byte-address loc 4)
-        _ (println "byte-address" byte-address)
         child-nodes (->> loc
                          child-seq
                          (map (comp second zip/node)))
-        _ (println "child nodes")
         children (map
                   (fn [child-node]
                     (let [child-index (child->index child-node)]
-                      (println "cn" child-node)
                       (assoc
                        child-index
                        :offset
                        (- byte-address (:byte-address child-index)))))
                   child-nodes)
-        _ (println "children" (count children))
         index-ba (let [index-baos (ByteArrayOutputStream.)
                        child-byte-arrays (map pack-index-entry children)]
-                   (println "child-byte-arrays" child-byte-arrays)
                    (loop [bas child-byte-arrays]
                      (if (empty? bas)
                        (.toByteArray baos)
@@ -234,7 +345,6 @@
     (zip/edit
      loc
      (fn [node]
-       (println node)
        (let [[k v] (first (seq node))]
          (.write baos (pack-node-value v))
          (.write baos (tpt/vb-encode (count index-ba)))