[about the fighting pits] You don't approve?
There's always been more than enough death in the world for my taste. I can do without it in my leisure time.
Fair enough. Yet it's an unpleasant question, but what great thing has ever been accomplished without killing or cruelty?
It's easy to confuse what is with what ought to be, especially when what is has worked out in your favor.
I'm not talking about myself. I'm talking about the necessary conditions for greatness.
[gesturing to a slain fighter] That is greatness?
That is a vital part of the great city of Meereen, which existed long before you or I and will remain standing long after we have returned to the dirt.
My father would have liked you.
One day your great city will return to the dirt as well.
At your command?
If need be.
And how many people will die to make this happen?
If it comes to that, they will have died for a good reason.
[indicates the fighters in the pit] Those men think they're dying for a good reason.
Someone else's reason.
So your reasons are true and theirs are false? They don't know their own minds but you do?
Well said. You're an eloquent man. Doesn't mean you're wrong. In my experience, eloquent men are right every bit as often as imbeciles.
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