Game Of Thrones: The God-Emperor of Planetos - Chapter 7 - - The Messiah and the Red Priestess (II)

... er once, when I was a child, cuddling on my father's lap. He told me that the faith of the people was something terrible. At the time, I didn't understand what he was saying, but later, when I saw an entire city on its knees before him, I understood. To them, he was a god. And yet he seemed so alone. Maybe that's the burden of being a god... A burden that I, too, will carry one day. - Princess Alyssane Targaryen, Primarch of the Blood.

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