Mallory Rubin

And I think specifically the choice, because I've always loved the falling star, the luck moment in the book, but the subtle little shift to take an inner monologue moment for Dunk in the book and give that to Egg, because as a squire...

Egg will be learning a lot from his knight.

However, Dunk has a lot to learn from Egg too.

And Egg not only being a little like impudent smartass, but sharing some wisdom, I think is great.

And then the tie has to be, and I know this will paint a light out of here,

The brief beat of the classic Thrones theme into Sir Duncan the Tall, like, hippo spraying shit out of his ass.

I remember once being at the zoo and a hippo, it's just like they really can project.

Didn't Chris say no anecdotes, please?

Not since Yellowjacket season one have we spent so much time watching someone take a shit by a tree.

It was such a clever little way to say...

okay, yeah, like this isn't the thing.

We are a part of this world and this legacy that you love, but it isn't the exact thing that you've gotten before.

And we want you to know that right away, which I just thought was like brilliant.

It came out before the second A Song of Ice and Fire book.

Yeah.

The first novella.

I just co-sign with what Joe said.

I find them more delightful every time I return to them.

Like, I've always loved them, but it's been so fun, you know, from the moment we knew the first trailer was coming at New York Comic Con in October, like, gearing up for the show when the casting was announced and we saw who were, you know, the performers who were going to be embodying these characters.

Like, it's always a great feeling to have an excuse to fall back into a world you love or to be introduced to it for the first time, right?