The Fool (spoilers for all RotE books, including LST)

[Farseer]

Going back to the Fool and apricots, I am of the opinion that he likes them so much because they are a link to his childhood.

I like that theory, NeverBeenWise!

EDIT: Also, why the heck is Beloved so interested in the Attract Birds charm? Any and all theories welcome, as I'm really kind of stumped, except for my wild out of the blue hypothesis that "well, maybe there's a dragon/Elderling type deal between the Fool's people and some sort of avian creatures!" Which is probably not it.

Another one of my "I've always just thought that..." theories is that Lord Golden was attempting to use the charms to bring dragons back, or something akin to that. Often the RotE dragons are likened to birds (I know that Fitz immediately thought of birds when he saw the dragon in the city in AQ. From memory he even mentioned it as being cormorant or even pheasant-like?) and so a charm that is used to attract birds could also be tweaked to attract dragons? This would particularly be true if the person wielding the hedge-magic were proficient in their craft?

EDIT: Possibly this could also be used for Elderlings as an added extra, due to the Elderling/dragon connection? Hmm...I just don't know.