diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index ad135d1..04d3d08 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ import {
   splitOn,
   splitOnFirst,
   Text,
+  TextCursor,
 } from "https://deno.land/x/handy/string/utils.ts";
 
 dedent("  a\n   b\n    c"); // "a\n b\n  c"
@@ -408,6 +409,13 @@ const text = new Text("a\nb\nc");
 text.lines; // ["a\n", "b\n", "c"]
 text.locationAt(4); // location of "c", { line: 3, column: 1, offset: 4 }
 text.locationAt(5); // end of text, { line: 3, column: 2, offset: 5 }
+
+const cursor = new TextCursor("a\nb\nc", 2);
+cursor.remainder; // "b\nc"
+cursor.location; // { offset: 2, line: 2, column: 1 }
+cursor.inspect(); // string depicting...
+// [L2] b¶
+//       ^
 ```
 
 ```ts
diff --git a/string/TextCursor.test.ts b/string/TextCursor.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97d89aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/string/TextCursor.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+import { stripColor } from "../_deps/fmt.ts";
+import { assert, assertEquals, describe, it } from "../_deps/testing.ts";
+import { TextCursor } from "./TextCursor.ts";
+import { dedent } from "./dedent.ts";
+
+const str = "feat: example";
+const longStr =
+  "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog then does it again and again until it is tired";
+const maxLength = 39;
+
+describe("new TextCursor()", () => {
+  it("requires a string", () => assert(new TextCursor(str)));
+
+  it("can clone a cursor", () => {
+    const cursorA = new TextCursor(str);
+    const cursorB = new TextCursor(cursorA);
+    assert(cursorA !== cursorB);
+    assertEquals(cursorA.index, cursorB.index);
+    assertEquals(cursorA.input, cursorB.input);
+  });
+
+  it("can clone w/ new index", () => {
+    const cursorA = new TextCursor(str);
+    const cursorB = new TextCursor(cursorA, 3);
+    assert(cursorA !== cursorB);
+    assertEquals(cursorA.input, cursorB.input);
+    assertEquals(cursorB.index, 3);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("TextCursor.index", () => {
+  it("starts at 0", () => assertEquals(new TextCursor(str).index, 0));
+
+  it("can be initialized", () => assertEquals(new TextCursor(str, 3).index, 3));
+});
+
+describe("TextCursor.move()", () => {
+  it("moves the index", () => {
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(str).move(3).index, 3);
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(str, 3).move(2).index, 5);
+  });
+
+  it("returns a new cursor", () => {
+    const cursor = new TextCursor(str);
+    assert(cursor !== cursor.move(3));
+  });
+});
+
+describe("TextCursor.char", () => {
+  it("is the index character", () =>
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(str, 2).char, "a"));
+});
+
+describe("TextCursor.remainder", () => {
+  it("defaults to full input", () =>
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(str).remainder, str));
+
+  it("is index onward", () =>
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(str, 3).remainder, "t: example"));
+});
+
+describe("TextCursor.antecedent", () => {
+  it("is empty by default", () =>
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(str).antecedent, ""));
+
+  it("is value before index", () =>
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(str, 3).antecedent, "fea"));
+});
+
+describe("TextCursor.location", () => {
+  it("is index Text.Location", () => {
+    const text = "a\n\nbc\nd\nef";
+    const cursor = new TextCursor(text);
+
+    assertEquals(cursor.location, { offset: 0, line: 1, column: 1 });
+    assertEquals(cursor.move(1).location, { offset: 1, line: 1, column: 2 });
+    assertEquals(cursor.move(1).location, { offset: 2, line: 2, column: 1 });
+    assertEquals(cursor.move(1).location, { offset: 3, line: 3, column: 1 });
+    assertEquals(cursor.move(1).location, { offset: 4, line: 3, column: 2 });
+    assertEquals(cursor.move(1).location, { offset: 5, line: 3, column: 3 });
+    assertEquals(cursor.move(1).location, { offset: 6, line: 4, column: 1 });
+    assertEquals(cursor.move(1).location, { offset: 7, line: 4, column: 2 });
+    assertEquals(cursor.move(1).location, { offset: 8, line: 5, column: 1 });
+    assertEquals(cursor.move(1).location, { offset: 9, line: 5, column: 2 });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("TextCursor.line", () => {
+  it("is the line at the index", () => {
+    const text = "a\n\nbc\nd\nef";
+
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(text).line, "a\n");
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(text, 1).line, "a\n");
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(text, 2).line, "\n");
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(text, 3).line, "bc\n");
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(text, 4).line, "bc\n");
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(text, 5).line, "bc\n");
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(text, 6).line, "d\n");
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(text, 7).line, "d\n");
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(text, 8).line, "ef");
+    assertEquals(new TextCursor(text, 9).line, "ef");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("TextCursor.toString()", () => {
+  it("is elided around index", () =>
+    assertEquals(
+      new TextCursor("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", 13).toString(),
+      'TextCursor("…efghijklmnopqrstuv…", 13)',
+    ));
+});
+
+describe("TextCursor.startsWith()", () => {
+  it("matches from the index", () => {
+    assert(new TextCursor(str).startsWith("feat"));
+    assert(!new TextCursor(str).startsWith("wxyz"));
+    assert(new TextCursor(str, 4).startsWith(": ex"));
+  });
+});
+
+describe("inspect", () => {
+  it("depicts the location", () =>
+    assertEquals(
+      stripColor(new TextCursor(str, 3).inspect()),
+      dedent(`
+        feat: example
+           ^
+      `).trim(),
+    ));
+
+  it("elides long lines", () =>
+    assertEquals(
+      stripColor(new TextCursor(longStr, 37).inspect({ maxLength })),
+      dedent(`
+        … jumps over the lazy dog then does it…
+                           ^
+      `).trim(),
+    ));
+
+  describe("line numbers", () => {
+    it("shows when >1 lines", () => {
+      const cursor = new TextCursor("a\nb", 1);
+
+      assertEquals(
+        stripColor(cursor.inspect()),
+        dedent(`
+          [L1] a¶
+                ^
+        `).trim(),
+      );
+
+      assertEquals(
+        stripColor(new TextCursor("a\nb", 2).inspect()),
+        dedent(`
+          [L2] b
+               ^
+        `).trim(),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("is configurable", () => {
+      const cursor = new TextCursor("a\nb", 1);
+
+      assertEquals(
+        stripColor(cursor.inspect({ lineNumber: false })),
+        dedent(`
+          a¶
+           ^
+        `).trim(),
+      );
+
+      assertEquals(
+        stripColor(cursor.move(1).inspect({ lineNumber: false })),
+        dedent(`
+          b
+          ^
+        `).trim(),
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("max length", () => {
+    it("defaults to 40 or console width", () => {
+      // TODO: Consider refactoring to allow stubbing console width.
+    });
+
+    it("is configurable", () => {
+      const cursor = new TextCursor(longStr, 37);
+
+      assertEquals(
+        stripColor(cursor.inspect({ maxLength: 10 })),
+        dedent(`
+          …e lazy d…
+               ^
+        `).trim(),
+      );
+
+      assertEquals(
+        stripColor(cursor.inspect({ maxLength: 20 })),
+        dedent(`
+          …er the lazy dog th…
+                    ^
+        `).trim(),
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("colors", () => {
+    it("has color by default", () => {
+      const cursor = new TextCursor(str, 3);
+      const msg = cursor.inspect();
+
+      assert(msg !== stripColor(msg));
+    });
+
+    it("is configurable", () => {
+      const cursor = new TextCursor(str, 3);
+      const msg = cursor.inspect({ colors: false });
+
+      assertEquals(msg, stripColor(msg));
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/string/TextCursor.ts b/string/TextCursor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0223532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/string/TextCursor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import { blue } from "../_deps/fmt.ts";
+import { consoleWidth } from "../cli/consoleSize.ts";
+import { Text } from "./Text.ts";
+import { elideAround } from "./elide.ts";
+import { escapeTerse } from "./escape.ts";
+
+export declare namespace TextCursor {
+  export interface InspectOptions {
+    /** The maximum length of the line to display. */
+    maxLength?: number;
+    /** Whether to colorize the output. */
+    colors?: boolean;
+    /** Whether to display the line number. */
+    lineNumber?: boolean;
+  }
+}
+
+/** Describes a string and an index within it. */
+export class TextCursor extends Text {
+  readonly index: number;
+  #cache = {} as Record<number, Text.Location>;
+
+  constructor(input: string | Text | TextCursor, index?: number) {
+    super(input);
+    this.index = index ?? (input instanceof TextCursor ? input.index : 0);
+  }
+
+  /** The character at the current index, if extant. */
+  get char(): string | undefined {
+    return this.value.at(this.index);
+  }
+
+  /** The substring from the start of the string to the current index. */
+  get antecedent(): string {
+    return this.index === 0 ? "" : this.value.slice(0, this.index);
+  }
+
+  /** The substring from the current index to the end of the input. */
+  get remainder(): string {
+    return this.index === 0 ? this.value : this.value.slice(this.index);
+  }
+
+  get location(): Text.Location {
+    if (!this.#cache[this.index]) {
+      this.#cache[this.index] = this.locationAt(this.index);
+    }
+
+    return this.#cache[this.index];
+  }
+
+  get line(): string {
+    return this.lines[this.location.line - 1];
+  }
+
+  get column(): number {
+    return this.location.column;
+  }
+
+  /** @returns a new TextCursor with the same input moved by `amount`. */
+  move(amount: number): TextCursor {
+    return new TextCursor(this, this.index + amount);
+  }
+
+  /** Shorthand for `this.input.startsWith(str, this.index)`. */
+  startsWith(str: string): boolean {
+    return this.value.startsWith(str, this.index);
+  }
+
+  /** Depicts the location around the current index in the input string like so:
+   *
+   * ```
+   * …jumps over the lazy d…
+               ^
+   * ```
+   *
+   * Uses `escapeTerse()` from the `string` module to convert special characters
+   * to single-character representations. Importantly:
+   *
+   * - `\t` becomes `⇥`
+   * - `\n` becomes `¶`
+   * - `\r` becomes `␍` */
+  inspect(opts?: TextCursor.InspectOptions): string {
+    let {
+      maxLength = consoleWidth(40),
+      colors = true,
+      lineNumber: showLineNumber,
+    } = opts ?? {};
+
+    showLineNumber ??= this.lines.length > 1;
+
+    const { column, line } = this.location;
+    const lineMarker = showLineNumber ? `[L${line}] ` : "";
+
+    maxLength = maxLength - lineMarker.length;
+    const [elided, offset] = elideAround(this.line, column - 1, { maxLength });
+    const escaped = escapeTerse(elided);
+    const pointerSpacing = " ".repeat(offset + lineMarker.length);
+
+    return colors
+      ? `${blue(lineMarker)}${escaped}\n${pointerSpacing}${blue("^")}`
+      : `${lineMarker}${escaped}\n${pointerSpacing}^`;
+  }
+
+  toString(): string {
+    const [str] = elideAround(this.value, this.index, { maxLength: 20 });
+
+    return `TextCursor("${str}", ${this.index})`;
+  }
+
+  /** The function called by `console.log()` in Deno. */
+  [Symbol.for("Deno.customInspect")](opts: Deno.InspectOptions): string {
+    return this.inspect(opts);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/string/utils.ts b/string/utils.ts
index 1ce370f..a7aa613 100644
--- a/string/utils.ts
+++ b/string/utils.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ export * from "./indent.ts";
 export * from "./elide.ts";
 export * from "./escape.ts";
 export * from "./Text.ts";
+export * from "./TextCursor.ts";