@$$
"Yeah, you said that already. I hate to be the one to tell you this, but saying it twice isn't going to make me understand it better," I said.
"Well, you don't have to be rude!" She said, crossing her arms and turning her head away from me.
"I wasn't trying to be rude!" I said. "I just don't understand what you're saying. So let me get this straight. You are aware that you're an NPC in a video game?"
"Yes. I am. I am a fully functional AI program in this training game designed by @$$#%^&," 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.