I totally get it, language can be hard.
While I do not know what exactly you’re not getting, this type of linguistic pattern is called “Echoic mention” I believe. Not to be confused with “Echoic question” or similar.
Maybe researching that will help you.
It was a play on the fact that we are still being used.
I still don’t get it, she literally said it’s symbiotic? What am I missing?
I totally get it, language can be hard. While I do not know what exactly you’re not getting, this type of linguistic pattern is called “Echoic mention” I believe. Not to be confused with “Echoic question” or similar. Maybe researching that will help you.