succinct 

after Stefanie Marlis

succinct—expressed in a few words, short and to the point; from the Latin sub from below + cingere gird > succinctus tucked up > Late Middle English succinct encircled—He went on at length about the virtues of being succinct, about the subtle difference between succinct and precise. She listened quietly without inter-rupting, but above her head a cartoon-bubble formed containing the equation “x = suck + sync’ed”. Now to solve the equation for x. But what if there are many solutions? What if none exists? She noticed that he carried a Swiss Army knife in his front jeans pocket: all that folded energy tucked up, waiting for the right moment.