...The manipulation of molecules, though it has its limits here.

[Matter manipulation, in other words. He won't say why and he won't say too much how, since it's just an...innate ability bestowed upon him. Call it one of the (only) perks of being Polaris's child.]

The construction of data here is markedly different from the type I am used to.

[Matter is data, and he's just trying to learn how the code here works.]