Reading It

Grim offers Rollo a shortcut. Rollo declines, calling variance a defect. Grim counters: 'Only if they see it.' Then the Oracle announces the observation has been indexed. The moment someone suggests working around the system, the system logs it. You've whispered a workaround to a colleague and watched it appear in a process audit.

Deeper Read

The system doesn't need to prevent shortcuts. It just needs you to know it's listening when you discuss them.