"Yeah, you've got it. It's all about spatial reasoning. If you just twist randomly it makes things worse, but if you can keep track of where each colored square is even if you're not looking at it, you can piece together how it got to where it is and go backwards."

Leon all but beams, the expression subtle but pleased, and distracted enough by it that it takes him until someone prompts him that he's holding up the game to remember to place his bet.

"I still don't think I'd make a great navigator myself, but hey, if I see that guy in the alleyway selling all the weird stuff's found a Rubik's cube somehow, I'll bring it to you so you can give it a shot."