....Yes, Stannis?

We need to talk to Robert.

--Must we?

Yes.

We have kept the truth of it long enough from him as it is.

He will not be pleased.

I do not expect him to be, yet he will find out sooner or later, especially with Melisandre as present as she is.

I am though with half truths and deceptions.

[This is very nearly icy.] I am well aware of her presence.

Fine.

And what do you intend to do?

[ much and more had changed since his death. ]

I am not yet certain.

Do not do anything rash.

Do not order me, Stannis.

Do not act like a child, then.

You know the laws of this land, and she poses no threat to you.

She took me from everything I loved.

I do not condone her methods, but what else did you expect from treason?

[ ...Things had changed between the two of them here, but the law was still absolute. ]

[ ...too bad you'll never truly escape the judging gaze of your older brother.

And sometime later... ]

We speak to him as soon as we can.