The patching was chaos. Limbs of crystal and shadow tangled. Mouths opened on elbows, singing lullabies to knees. One patch produced a third eye that only saw regrets, and another patch grew a hand that could only pet hypothetical dogs. They laughed until they wept nebulae. They wept until the tears coalesced into a small, curious moon that immediately orbited them.

: This term can imply something that has been mended, altered, or modified. In a technological or sci-fi context, "patched" often refers to updates or fixes applied to software or hardware.