I'm imagining Dunk foraging on the road back to Summerhall.
Maybe he brings some wild garlic to the camp cook at the end of the day, and everyone talks about how the roast meat is good tonight, I wonder what the cook did? And even Baelor and Maekar comment on the flavour, while Dunk's ears turn redder and redder without anyone noticing.
And maybe he grabs some fruit from a passing tree while on horseback, and shares them with Egg, and any guards near by, and maybe with Baelor if he's passing by, and Egg would tease him about how red his face would go as he watches Baelor bite into the tart damsen or eat the flesh from wild cherries before spitting out the stones.
But I think his favourite would be rosehips. An unexpected burst of flavour to brighten his day, he'd split them open before scraping the flesh away with a knife, eating the flesh from the blade. Offering the flesh to others on his own blade with a brisk take care to Egg, th' blades sharp, and a quiet careful to Baelor as they take the flesh from his blade, and oh boy the look in Baelor's eyes as he does is-
And he'd tell young Egg to be careful of the seeds, don't you know they're called itchybacks, and Egg would ask why, and Dunk would cast a look at Baelor full of humour, before showing Egg just why they're called that. He would shove them down the back of Egg tunic, and Egg would squeel and jig around trying to get them out, and Dunk and Baelor wouldn't be able to help laughing.
And maybe later, Valar or Daeron or Maekar would ask what all the fuss was about, and Egg would say itchybacks, to which they'd say what the fuck are itchybacks, and well, there's only one thing Egg would be able to do in response to that, and Dunk and Baelor would laugh, this time joined by Eggs giggles, as swearing would fill there air, and as they would share more rosehips between them.
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