[ That's the reference he has: one of his classmates holding onto spiked gauntlets and cutting their way across a training field - or, as it'd turned out, actual battles. Nothing he'd particularly thought about trying himself what with preferring the range of arrows better matched with being on a horse or wyvern, but all that means is he's rather curious about how others would approach that from what they know. Or any kind of fighting, really, since there's so many varied backgrounds here.
Still, the question about his own skills has Claude glancing at his bow again. ]
Frequently. I've trained on them since I was old enough to hold one. Archery's something of a tradition where I grew up. [ With a slight smile, more of an inside joke with himself in some ways, but it's there and gone in an instant as he shifts to looking thoughtful. ] It wasn't all training, though. A bow's been my weapon of choice for a long time, and it was my go-to throughout Fodlan's war. There's an ancient bow called a relic that's tied to my bloodline. After I inherited it, it was what I used most rather than one like what I have now. I can show you it in the Horizon sometime, if you'd like.
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[ That's the reference he has: one of his classmates holding onto spiked gauntlets and cutting their way across a training field - or, as it'd turned out, actual battles. Nothing he'd particularly thought about trying himself what with preferring the range of arrows better matched with being on a horse or wyvern, but all that means is he's rather curious about how others would approach that from what they know. Or any kind of fighting, really, since there's so many varied backgrounds here.
Still, the question about his own skills has Claude glancing at his bow again. ]
Frequently. I've trained on them since I was old enough to hold one. Archery's something of a tradition where I grew up. [ With a slight smile, more of an inside joke with himself in some ways, but it's there and gone in an instant as he shifts to looking thoughtful. ] It wasn't all training, though. A bow's been my weapon of choice for a long time, and it was my go-to throughout Fodlan's war. There's an ancient bow called a relic that's tied to my bloodline. After I inherited it, it was what I used most rather than one like what I have now. I can show you it in the Horizon sometime, if you'd like.