Not that. [ She dismisses him a bit. ] His punishment. He had fruit dangled in front of him, did he not? His stomach growled, empty and withering away for all of eternity when nourishment was dangled just out of reach.

[ If she's right, she has a point to this. ]

That's what we would be doing to that woman. Where I'm from - [ She flinches a bit, crossing her arms. ] - dangling something - a dream, a wish, a hope - just out of reach is worse than death.