When Daenerys tells a mercenary to surrender his army or face gelding, she phrases the surrender as a generous concession: 'give me your second sons and I may not have you gelded.' This reframes a threat as mercy, making compliance feel like a win. By controlling the frame of the ultimatum, you control how the other side narrativizes their own defeat.
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