[ There's something about that miniscule pause which makes him glance Petra's way rather than focusing on the shot he's supposed to be taking. That feeling's only amplified by Petra deliberately averting her eyes back to her own arrow lineup and immediately makes him have to press his mouth in a line to keep from smirking.

Well - more like from smirking openly. The effect's certainly there anyway. And if Claude decides to take another second to stretch and really focus on that stance he already knows is fine, it's totally a coincidence and definitely not showing off for Petra's benefit. ]

Knothole a third of the way down it is, then. Let's see if my ego can recover enough from that shattering to help me make this.

[ Showing off very obviously doesn't have anything to do with this next part, either: he's confident enough in his abilities to take a couple seconds to appraise the distance and bow tension needed before he lets the arrow fly. And so it does and lands inside the knot but slightly off center to the left side, which. Hm. Not the dead center he was hoping for, but there's always next shot as he lowers his bow. ]

Alright, let's see what you've got. Maybe we can make the next round even more interesting by taking those shots with our eyes closed since there's no danger of hitting anything but sand or a cactus out here.