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On the toric code's square lattice, an adjacent star operator A_v (a product of X) and plaquette operator B_p (a product of Z) share exactly 2 edges. X and Z anticommute on each shared edge, so the overall commutation sign is (-1)^(overlap). For overlap = 2, what is this sign?