You do not accept them. You traipse through life and hope that someone does your decision making for you. The last incident proved that you need to have someone hold your hand with every decision to be made, lest you be killed because you can't make an effort to make sense of your need of pain and know when to stop.

As for Makaria? She'll always find a way to get what it is she wants, no matter how much I defend myself against her. That business is none of yours, nymph. And Zeus. [short laugh] Zeus raped my mother twice! How do I not have the right to complain or be angry about that fact, considering I was only presented with this knowledge recently? As anyone else would and should be around here. I'm not proud to be his child, and he is not my king! You can bow to him all you like-- as I am absolutely sure you will.