[ Don't... don't ask about the video game metaphors in his life.

Anyway, he nods; whether or not they actually have the same idea of what augmented reality is, he's familiar with it as it exists in his world, and yes, it's pretty normal. ]

So if that were the case, then the game described in the rules would just be one component of the larger "game," so to speak, which would be the virtual reality itself.

[ This still seems plausible enough, though he's just going to look at it as one possibility, because assuming that nothing is real could be a dangerous path. ]

What theme is that?

[ Personally, the whole thing seems a little Alice-in-Wonderland to him, with queens and cats and cards. ]