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Haggling with reality and pretending you hold cards you already folded.
means The back-and-forth of trying to get a better deal, whether on a price or on fate itself.
from From Old French bargaignier, to haggle or trade, possibly from Frankish borganjan, to borrow or lend — the messy math of who owes whom.
Grief stageWhere you offer the universe deals it never signed.
AnchoringFirst number quoted secretly rigs the whole negotiation.
Walk-away powerCaring least is the strongest card you hold.