Catelyn invokes the massacre of the Targaryen children on Tywin Lannister's orders to make a timeless political point: people who murdered your allies once will do it again. The warning 'the years have not made him kinder' is a reminder that historical cruelty is a reliable predictor of future cruelty, not an aberration to be forgiven with age.
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