Not Permanently Harmed, But Severely Chastened

The Rock
Louise Gluck

Insignia
of the earth's
terrible recesses, spirit
of darkness, of
the criminal mind, I feel
certain there is within you
something human, to be
approached in speech. How else
did you approach Eve
with your addictive
information? I have paid
bitterly for her
lapse, therefore
attend to me. Tell me
how you live in hell,
what is required in hell,
for I would send
my beloved there. Not
of course forever:
I may want him
back sometime, not
permanently harmed but
severely chastened,
as he has not been, here
on the surface. What
shall I give him for
protection, what
shield that will not
wholly screen him? You must be
his guide and master: help him
shed his skin
as you do, though in this case
we want him
older underneath, maybe
a little mousy. I feel confident
you understand these
subtleties--you seem
so interested, you do not
slide back under your rock! Oh
I am sure we are somehow related
even if you are not
human; perhaps I have
the soul of a reptile after all.

An Unpleasant Truth of Great Significance

Hardhome
HBO's Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 8

Daenerys: So you want to advise me? Very well. What would you have me do with him? I swore I would kill him if he ever returned.

Tyrion: I know.

D: Why should the people trust a queen who can't keep her promises?

T: Whomever Ser Jorah was when he started informing on you, he is no longer that man. I can't remember ever seeing a sane man as devoted to anything as he is to serving you. He claims he would kill for you and die for you and nothing I ever witnessed gives me reason to doubt him. 

And yet, he did betray you. 

Did he have an opportunity to confess his betrayal?

D: Yes. Many opportunities.

T: And did he?

D: No, not until forced to do so.

T: He worships you. 

He is in love with you, I think. 

But he did not trust you with the truth. An unpleasant truth, to be sure, but one of great significance to you. He did not trust that you would be wise enough to forgive him.

D: So, I should kill him?

T: A ruler who kills those devoted to her is not a ruler who inspires devotion. And you're going to need to inspire devotion, a lot of it, if you're ever going to rule across the Narrow Sea. 

But you cannot have him by your side when you do.

D: Remove Ser Jorah from the city.

[Cut to Ser Jorah being escorted out of Meereen]