Lord Janos Slynt was Commander of the City Watch. You had no right to exile him!
I have every right. I am the King's Hand.
You're serving as the King's Hand until Father gets here. I am the Queen Regent.
Listen to me, Queen Regent. You're losing the people. Do you hear me?
The people? You think I care?
You might find it difficult to rule over millions who want you dead. Half this city will starve when winter comes, the other half will plot to overthrow you...and your gold-plated thugs just gave them their rallying cry. "The Queen slaughters babies!" You don't even have the decency to deny it! It wasn't you who gave the order, was it? Joffrey didn't even tell you? Did he tell you? I imagine that would be even worse.
He did what needed to be done. You want to be Hand of the King? You want to rule? This is what ruling is, lying on a bed of weeds, ripping them out by the root, one by one, before they strangle you in your sleep.
I'm no king, but I think there's more to ruling than that.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK! You've never taken it seriously. You haven't, Jaime hasn't. It's all fallen on me.
As has Jaime repeatedly, according to Stannis Baratheon.
[chuckles and smirks] You're funny. You've always been funny... but none of your jokes will ever match the first one, will they? Do you remember, back when you ripped my mother open on your way out of her and she bled to death?
She was my mother, too.
Mother gone, for the sake of you. There's no bigger joke in the world than that.
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