Speaking of Inconsistencies - When did Shrewd meet the Fool

[BrilliantFarseer]

I just reread the first trilogy recently and I believe the Fool was already at Buckkeep when Fitz arrived at 6 years old. He had been there, knowing there was a reason to be there but not exactly what, yet.

That's what it says in the third book. In Assassin's Apprentice, the narrator says that Fitz encounters the Fool (on the instance when the Fool says to save the dog) a couple of months after the Fool joins the Court.