For everyone else, plied, means to basically drug people.

That’s sad, I didn’t know they did that

As a parent, reading stuff like this is almost unbearable. The thought of someone intentionally harming a child is so incredibly heartbreaking. We sometimes have a tendency to look back on history and thing, "man, that was crazy!" We forget that there are places today where children are treated this way. I'm so thankful to be living in a nation, society, and culture where this isn't tolerated.

The ritual also had a political dimension, helping the Inca state establish relationships with local communities

Yes, I want to have a strong relationship with the people who drugged my kids and then sent them to die on a volcano.

I'm beginning to think Emperors New Groove wasn't 100% accurate

Don't threaten me with a good time

I didn't know the inca were like that.