Fool's Assassin

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I went back and found the passage I was referring to. It seems to be speaking from a time when there is still much of his life ahead of him rather than at the very end of it looking back. So there is room for a lot more than I thought.

I miss him often [The Fool], but in the same way that I miss Nighteyes. I know that such a one will not come again. I count myself fortunate for what I had of them. I do not think I will ever Wit-bond again, or know such a deep friendship as I had with the Fool. As Burrich once observed to Patience, one horse cannot wear two saddles. I have Molly and she is enough for me, and more. I am content.

Having reread the Epilogue after quite a long time I cringed at the syrupy tidings Hobb threw in to create a happy ending. I did not like it when I first encountered it. Yet it is even more apparent to me now than then. I won't be jumping into the coming books as soon as they are released unless I have nothing else to read at that time. Hobb has a lot to overcome.