Oh man I blinked almost instantly.

OotY gots mad staring skeelz, yo.

You need to establish the rules before having a staring contest with them.

With all their independent eye muscle control, they can partially close an eye, moisten it back up with the nictitating membrane, turn their head so you can’t see one eye… Ah things they will argue are not actual blinks. They’re really bad sports. They never learned to play well with others.