Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Let go
Let go verb - Release, as from one's grip.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Double Subversion in that it looks like he's going to fail and she is begging him to let go.
- When the Epsilon unit is about to fail, he realizes that the best way to be at peace is to let go of Tex's memory - and since this Tex is a memory, it amounts to killing her.
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