Hunger is not a sacrifice most will tolerate.

[ Not willingly, anyway. ] The king will have to triage his resources accordingly. Allocating food to mortals instead of immortals may be a reasonable, but unfortunate, conclusion.

[ Aaand instead of putting a whole apple into one of the fae's hands, he brings out a knife, splits it into four, and places one slice into the hand of the closest fear gorta. ]