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"Yeah your player ID. It tells us NPCs which players are logged into the game," she said.

"Yeah, you said that already. I hate to be the one to tell you this, but saying it twice isn't going to make me understand it better," I said.

"Well, you don't have to be rude!" She said, crossing her arms and turning her head away from me.

"I wasn't trying to be rude!" I said. "I just don't understand what you're saying. So let me get this straight. You are aware that you're an NPC in a video game?"

"Yes. I am. I am a fully functional AI program in this training game designed by @$$#%^&," Lara said.

"Designed by what now?" I said, leaning in like that was going to help me understand the nonsense that just came out of her mouth.

"@$$%^(&*^," she said.

"Ok, I'm just going to shorten that down and call it '@$$'. Is that fine with you?" I said.

"Yeah, I don't see anything wrong with that," she said.