[ There's a pause there. Unfortunately, that joke requires context Ellie doesn't have at all, like what towing a car means (this girl grew up in a quarantine zone where only the military had vehicles, and everywhere they parked was legal to them).
There's a pause, and Ellie offers a small polite laugh, before it fades and she admits, ] ...I don't get it.
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There's a pause, and Ellie offers a small polite laugh, before it fades and she admits, ] ...I don't get it.