Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra except it's modern pop culture
The two weary combatants surveyed the open square, ringed with abandoned buildings - the staging ground of a brutal ambush by another group of raiders that had claimed the ghost town as their turf. Their side had struggled to hold out behind an upturned truck, and now were picking through the aftermath.
One of the pair turned to his partner. "War... war never changes."
She shook her head: "Top 10 anime betrayals."