In the Blood and Cheese storyline, Queen Helaena is forced to name one of her two sons to die. She makes the 'rational' choice — sacrificing her youngest, Maelor, because he is less aware of death. Blood and Cheese kill her elder son instead. Then they lean down to the surviving toddler and whisper, 'You hear that, little boy? Your mama wants you dead.' The move weaponizes the choice itself, ensuring the mother is psychologically destroyed regardless of which child survives.
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