However, the essay’s title introduces a disruption: "patched." In the realm of software, a patch is a fix, an update designed to correct a bug or introduce a new feature to an existing program. To apply a patch to the "Galician night crawling" suggests a fascinating friction between reality and the digital overlay we now place upon it. We no longer simply experience the night; we attempt to "patch" it to suit our needs.
Then the real crawling began.