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Function Defaults

I have created this function in SQL Server 2022:

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.AddInt (@one INT, @two INT = 1) RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
    RETURN @one + @two
END
How can I call this and invoke the default value for @two?

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