"Bending," Clu said. "In Nautilus, physics and reality are a good deal more flexible. With a combination of willpower, imagination, and practice, a person in Nautilus can literally 'bend' reality to their will to varying degrees. It has a lot of uses, but by far the most common is rezzing up things that you want or need. And that ability is something you retain even after leaving Nautilus, assuming the connection to it is maintained."

"So I could Bend up some sort of innocuous object for you. I imagine seeing something rezzed out of thin air right in front of you would be a significant piece of evidence in favor of my story."