To quote another book I hold in very high regard (and I love Permutation City too): "The King leaned over, looked an saw, yes, the Middle Ages simulated to a T

To quote another book I hold in very high regard (and I love Permutation City too): "The King leaned over, looked an saw, yes, the Middle Ages simulated to a T, all digital, binary , and nonlinear, and there was the land of Dandelia, The Icicle Forest, the palace with the Helical Tower, the Aviary That Neighed, and the Treasury with a Hundred Eyes as well, and there was Ineffabelle herself, taking a slow, stochastic stroll through the simulated garden, and her circuits glowed red and gold as she picked simulated daisies, and hummed a simulated song." The key is in the last two words.