"Glitches, shortcuts in modeling complex systems, ways that elements of the simulation--us--can manipulate the rules in unexpected ways. Or, at least I think that's how it goes," he muses, idly running a hand along a stone wall and listening to his metal fingers skitter against the surface.

"I'm not actually in the habit of messing with those things. Always more interested in making certainties, rather than just watching some intangible maybes."