Game of Thrones (TV Series)
Fire and Blood (2011)
Esmé Bianco: Ros
Quotes
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Grand Maester Pycelle : Kings? I can tell you all there is to know about kings. The thing you need to understand about kings: in the past 67 years, I have known - truly known - more kings than any man alive. They're complicated men, but I know how to serve them. Yes. And keep on serving them.
[Pycelle coughs]
Grand Maester Pycelle : Aerys Targaryen... of all the thousand thousand maladies the gods visit on us, madness is the worst. He was a good man, such a charmer. To watch him melt away before my eyes, consumed by dreams of fire and blood...
[Ros stands in front of sink, washing herself]
Grand Maester Pycelle : Robert Baratheon was entirely different animal: powerful man, a great warrior. But, alas, winning a kingdom and ruling a kingdom are rather different things.
[Pycelle chuckles]
Grand Maester Pycelle : They say that if a man goes through life with his battle visor down, he can often be blind to enemies at his side.
[Pycelle coughs]
Grand Maester Pycelle : Now I serve his son, king Joffrey, may the gods bless his reign. He's a capable young man...
[Ros dresses]
Grand Maester Pycelle : ...strong military mind, stern - but sterness in defence of the realm is no vice.
[Pycelle coughs]
Grand Maester Pycelle : It's far too soon to know what manner of king he will be, but I sense true greatness on the horizon for our new king. True greatness.
[Ros sits in front of Pycelle, looking bored]
Ros : So, what's the thing?
Grand Maester Pycelle : [puzzled] Wha... what thing?
Ros : About kings. You said "The thing you need to understand about kings".
Grand Maester Pycelle : Eh... thing? What...?
Ros : When you started... oh, never mind.
[Ros stands and walks toward the door]
Grand Maester Pycelle : Let me see you out, my dear.
Ros : It's alright. No need.
[Ros leaves]
Grand Maester Pycelle : Yes, yes, until the next time.
[Pycelle stands and stretches a bit. He gets dressed, and leaves]
