A Storm of Swords – Patchface

A Storm of Swords – Patchface

While waiting in Aegon’s Garden for his audience with the king, Davos sees the children playing with Patchface. Patchface stops, seemingly recognizing Davos, and does one of his mad rambling rhymes.

When I first read this scene, it reminded me of a very similar one in Robin Hobb’s “Assassin’s Apprentice

In that scene, when Fitz first interacts with the fool, the Fool stops when walking by Fitz and, for all practical purposes, says “Hey you deranged rambling prophecy is meant for you, OK?”

Since Mr. Martin and Ms. Hobbs by all accounts good friends and share an editor, I can’t help wondering if this was a deliberate shoutout.