Game of Thrones, Season 5

[Stannis goes inside the tent to meet with his daughter]

Shireen Baratheon:
Father.

Stannis Baratheon:
Aren't you cold?

Shireen Baratheon:
No.

Stannis Baratheon:
What are you reading?

Shireen Baratheon:
"The Dance of Dragons."

Stannis Baratheon:
What's it about?

Shireen Baratheon:
It's the story of the fight between Rhaenyra Targaryen and her half-brother Aegon for control over the Seven Kingdoms. Both of them thought they belonged on the Iron Throne. When people started declaring for one of them or the other, their fight divided the kingdoms in two. Brothers fought brothers, dragons fought dragons. By the time it was over, thousands were dead. And it was a disaster for the Targaryens as well. They never truly recovered.

Stannis Baratheon:
"The Dance of Dragons"...Why is that a dance?

Shireen Baratheon:
It's just what they call it.

Stannis Baratheon:
Hmm, doesn't make much sense.

Shireen Baratheon:
I think it's poetic.

Stannis Baratheon:
If you had to choose between Rhaenyra and Aegon who would you have chosen?

Shireen Baratheon:
I wouldn't have chosen either. It's all the choosing sides that made everything so horrible.

Stannis Baratheon:
Sometimes a person has to choose. Sometimes the world forces his hand. If a man knows what he is and remains true to himself the choice is no choice at all. He must fulfill his destiny and become who he is meant to be. However much he may hate it.

Shireen Baratheon:
It's all right, Father.

Stannis Baratheon:
You don't even know what I'm talking about.

Shireen Baratheon:
It doesn't matter. I want to help you. Is there any way I can help?

Stannis Baratheon:
[coldly]...Yes, there is.

Shireen Baratheon:
Good. I want to. I'm the Princess Shireen of House Baratheon. And I'm your daughter.

[Shireen embraces her father as he looks on]

Stannis Baratheon:
...Forgive me.