Stannis Baratheon and Melisandre in “Unfinished Business”

Stannis Baratheon

You said you saw my victory in the flames.

Melisandre

I did. I still see it.

Stannis Baratheon

The flames lied. And I'm no better than a savage, trusting in a fire god! I fought for your god in Blackwater Bay. I led my men to the gates of the Seventh Hell as their brothers burned alive and for what? An attack from behind by Tywin Lannister and the Tyrells? If you see so much in your flames, why didn't you warn me?

Melisandre

The Lord of Light only allows me glimpses.

Stannis Baratheon

You claim to speak for a god!

Melisandre

Will you quit the war just because you've lost a battle?

Stannis Baratheon

You talk about war as if you understand it.

Melisandre

I've been fighting far longer than you.

Stannis Baratheon

Have you? Show me how you fight! [Stannis seizes Melisandre by the throat and starts throttling her] Show me! Where is your god now? Will he save you? Where is your god?!

Melisandre

Inside you.

Stannis Baratheon

I murdered my brother!

Melisandre

We murdered him. Share the weight with me.

Stannis Baratheon

He wasn't your brother.

Melisandre

This war has just begun. It will last for years. Thousands will die at your command. You will betray the men serving you, you will betray your family, you will betray everything you once held dear...and it will all be worth it, because you are the Son of Fire, you are the Warrior of Light. You will sweep aside this pretender and that one; you will be King.