Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1)

by Robin Hobb

“If you will have me,” the Fool offered humbly, “I will serve you as I served your father, and your grandfather before him.”

“Waiting.” He sighed. “If a man can become perfect at something by practicing it, I should be perfect at waiting by now.”

“Have you ever thought that, if not for the wolf, neither of us would be sitting here like this?”