Murder and mayhem are par for the course on House of the Dragon.

But kicking a dog?

That’s another story.

Mark Stobbart (Cheese) and Sam C. Wilson (Blood) in HBO’s House of the Dragon

This article contains spoilers forHouse of the Dragonseason 2 episode 1.

He was on the clock, hoping to catch some rats like he was trained to do.

Maybe retire from his job as a ratcatcher and find a kind family in the countryside.

He could herd sheep or goats and receive a generous payment of bellyrubs.

Cheese, on the other hand, deserves whatever punishment is coming to him.

Kicking a dog before you go off and behead a child is just too cruel, even for Westeros.