He thinks he gets what Barry is saying. Like Matt, who Adam also met recently, Barry does what he has to but also tries to work around the system, a corrupt system, from Adam's point of view. Adam can respect that.

He nods quickly so that Barry knows he gets it, kind of.

"There are some..." chinks in the armor? "Nothing's perfect. Not even technology." And that's what he's learned. He can work with (or against) the mechanics he sees. "I've figured a lot of it out. And I can... fix things." He can override their systems to an extent. He has before. He will again.