Xena: Warrior Princess, Season 6

[Having finally regained possession of Xena's ashes, Gabrielle opens the urn to dip it into the Fountain of Strength. Xena places a hand on the urn.]

Xena:
No, Gabrielle.

Gabrielle:
Xena.

Xena:
No.

Gabrielle:
Xena, the sun is setting. I have to bring you back to life.

Xena:
No, not if it means condemning the souls of the forty thousand who burned at Higuchi.

Gabrielle:
The souls are free.

Xena:
They're free from Yodoshi's grasp. Akemi didn't want to tell me this in case I wouldn't come back to help … but for those souls to be released into a state of grace, they must be avenged. I must stay dead.

Gabrielle:
But if I bring you back to life...

Xena:
...The souls will be lost forever.

Gabrielle:
Xena, that is not right. I don't care. You're all that matters to me.

Xena:
Don't you know how much I want to let you do this? But if there's a reason for our travels together, it's because I had to learn from you, enough to know the final, the good, the right thing to do. I can't come back. I can't.

Gabrielle:
I love you, Xena. How am I supposed to go on without you?

Xena:
I'll always be with you, Gabrielle. Always.