Her correction is noted, and in his concentration (and many attempts to) in getting those shots to hit closer to where he's tending to aim on the target Claude hadn't even noticed he'd slipped into doing that. All the more reason to take a second to - after setting the pistol down facing away from them - take a second to shake out his hands and arms much like he would with archery. And what he intends to be a short break, it gives him a chance to study Shepard for a second.

"You remind me a lot of... several people, actually," is what he says first. "All of them leaders, and from there they vary from warriors, to mercenaries, to instructors, and sometimes somewhere in between those. And not just because of the quick adjustments." Another grin goes with that, of course. "Though all of them have that in common, too. Maybe it's the military background."

For Teach, anyway, and his combat instructor too. Before he's told to stop dawdling (or worse, give the impression of quitting when he has no intention to just yet), Claude picks the pistol back up and runs through the stance checklist once again. This time he catches himself locking an elbow and avoids it for now, but not without now moving on to holding the gun up to aim and considering where to shoot next.

"I spent most of my time annoying them in various ways and however I could. Hopefully my record's slightly improved from that today."