Conceding
Both words in one sentence
- Or, the actual aesop is "Instead of just conceding defeat and accepting that You Can't Fight Fate, persevere and Take a Third Option - you might just be able to Screw Destiny after all."
Source: Broken Aesop / Anime and Manga - Eventually it ends with Leonidas conceding defeat, while Kratos realizes it's a Pyrrhic Victory.
Source: Game of Chicken -
Responses can range from breaking eye contact (conceding defeat) all the way to retaliatory violence.
Source: Held Gaze
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