Turn on your mind control powers making everyone in this room stop and obey

You could win this war right now. But what the fun in that. You had so many more fun ideas to play out. You turn on your mind control powers.

The effect is instantaneous. It's not a flash of light or a mystical chant. It's a subtle shift in the air, a sudden, oppressive stillness that descends upon the room, as if all the sound has been sucked into a vacuum. It's the feeling of a puppeteer's fingers tightening on the strings.

Tywin Lannister, in the middle of drawing a breath to deliver another scathing retort, freezes. His eyes, which had been burning with ancestral pride, become vacant, the embers dying to cold, grey ash. His hand, half-raised to still his son, drops limply to his side. He is no longer the Lion of Lannister. He is a statue.

Jaime, whose face was contorted in fury, is caught mid-sneer. The muscle in his jaw relaxes. The tension drains from his body, and he simply stands, a golden puppet with its strings cut, waiting for a new master.

And Cersei. You watch her closely. Her hatred, so vibrant and potent a moment ago, fights against your power for a split second. A tremor runs through her body, a final, **** act of defiance. Then, her magnificent emerald eyes glaze over. The venom curdles into emptiness. The Queen is gone, leaving only a beautiful, hollow shell.

The other council members are even easier, collapsing into silent, pliable obedience. They slump in their chairs or stand frozen, their wills erased as easily as chalk from a slate.

You walk toward them, the smile gone from your face, replaced by a look of intense, analytical curiosity. You circle the desk, your boots the only sound in the tomb-silent room.

You stop in front of Tywin. "So much fire," you murmur, tracing a line in the air just above his rigid shoulder. "But I am the true power in this world. You won't remember any of this. You'll forget what I'm capable of doing to people. But first, before I continue this back and forth between me and you. Cersei..."

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