Quote Originally Posted by TheOriginalGrumpySpy View Post
With perspective on the mother, many assume that she herself was the smoke monster and that killing her with that dagger indeed released her from that fate. The 'Thank You' line kind of supports this. How would the mother know otherwise that going into the giant Quiznos oven would be a "fate worse than death".
I'm kinda guessing that's where the knife comes into it, too.