this.wordCount /= 2;
        dst[ start ] = (byte) ( this.wordCount & 0xFF );

        this.byteCount = writeBytesWireFormat(dst, dstIndex + 2);
        dst[ dstIndex++ ] = (byte) ( this.byteCount & 0xFF );
        dst[ dstIndex++ ] = (byte) ( ( this.byteCount >> 8 ) & 0xFF );
        dstIndex += this.byteCount;

        /*
         * Normally, without intervention everything would batch