That is true. It is why I would often start my students on moving targets: so that they would remain watchful of their opponents.
[He trained warriors, after all, not kids who'd only spend their adulthoods pinning arrows into tree bark. Once the corrections are finished, Chiron steps back a more respectable distance, and watches... though he does continue on, thoughtfully]
That does tend to be the quickest method outside of royal lineage or supposed divine right...
[Mm -- the bowstring weight might be a little too taut, then. Since this is to gauge the type of bow he'll be making for him, Chiron mutters for Emet to give him a moment before reaching over and adjusting the string, releasing the weight by a pound or so. Another arrow is handed over.]
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[He trained warriors, after all, not kids who'd only spend their adulthoods pinning arrows into tree bark. Once the corrections are finished, Chiron steps back a more respectable distance, and watches... though he does continue on, thoughtfully]
You've fought upon the battlefield then?
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[so he has some experience, yes. he pauses, there, to take the second shot-- striking the tree this time. it could use more power behind it.]
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[Mm -- the bowstring weight might be a little too taut, then. Since this is to gauge the type of bow he'll be making for him, Chiron mutters for Emet to give him a moment before reaching over and adjusting the string, releasing the weight by a pound or so. Another arrow is handed over.]