She cannot see the internal motions of Ether as he works, but she sees the blur, and connects it back to the previous one, and blinks as she comes to a conclusion. "-- There are few things going on there. Let me tell you what I saw."
She helps him collect the arrows while she talks. "First, it is a burst technique. Very quick, but it is only your hard work that keeps it from being exhausting. Second, I'm going to assume that doing it while falling is not, in fact, showing off, but necessary. That implies a component that being airborne gives it, but... What, I'm not sure. Third, you are performing the same motion as drawing and firing normally. The power of this technique is in the skill of the user, not in any form of guidance."
She pauses, and then says, "The surprising method, the strange requirement, the assumption of skill and accuracy. I do not know your name, but...
"If someone had presented me this, I would call it an assassination technique. Find an ambush point from above, lie in wait, let hand and arrow fall. Someone like that might have taught it to you.
"Of course, this is all just speculation. I'm hardly an expert on esoteric techniques."
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Date: 2024-12-16 07:59 pm (UTC)She helps him collect the arrows while she talks. "First, it is a burst technique. Very quick, but it is only your hard work that keeps it from being exhausting. Second, I'm going to assume that doing it while falling is not, in fact, showing off, but necessary. That implies a component that being airborne gives it, but... What, I'm not sure. Third, you are performing the same motion as drawing and firing normally. The power of this technique is in the skill of the user, not in any form of guidance."
She pauses, and then says, "The surprising method, the strange requirement, the assumption of skill and accuracy. I do not know your name, but...
"If someone had presented me this, I would call it an assassination technique. Find an ambush point from above, lie in wait, let hand and arrow fall. Someone like that might have taught it to you.
"Of course, this is all just speculation. I'm hardly an expert on esoteric techniques."