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Nah, if no one's dropped the aliens bomb on you yet, I won't make you go through that.

[ let someone else break her brain, he's just handling archery updates today.

roy takes the bow in his hands carefully, turning it over to examine the details closely, feel the grip on the weapon, the tension on the string, the finish over the wood. ]

Pretty doesn't always mean functional, but I think you lucked out on this one. [ pretty and deadly, there's no losing here. her bow still in his hands, roy turns back towards the wall of weapons, starting his spiel while he's still feeling up her relic here. ]

So, 21st century archery. In addition to ye olde wooden long bow, we have Recurves now, like this- [ picking up his own bow (solid red, but firmly made, some of the joints foldable for easy packing and concealing), roy holds it out for cecily to look at. ] -And we have Compounds. [ pointing up at a more complicated looking bow on the wall, with metal bits and pulleys and scopes and wheels and all kinds of nonsense on it. ] The nice thing in both is they effectively give you a longer draw, so you get more force, speed, distance, yada yada, right? Problem with Compounds, though, is they take some set up, and some tools. Great for competitions, shitty for battlefield.

I can slap together a traditional long bow for you, but I'd say take a swing with a Recurve. You'll like the extra reach, I promise.

[closerift]

Something fun for a rainy day, then.

[ She's had her brain broken so many times already by the bizarre "future" concepts of other interlopers that, she thinks, one more thing could hardly do permanent harm. ]

We have some talented smiths, arcanists, and enchanters in Skyhold. [ She says, the pride clearly present in her voice. ] They could take anything and craft an incredible weapon from it.

[ Cecily thinks so, anyway, and their people have proven themselves time and time again.

When he mentions the Recurves, she accepts it into her hands and turns it gingerly. ] This looks more manageable than... [ The Compound. She quirks a brow at it as if in judgment, shrugging a little before returning the other back to his hands. ] We do a bit more battlefield than competition, so that one...seems a little less functional for our needs.

[ "Our." The Inquisition. As she hasn't explained this, it may come across a bit as if she's just referring to herself in multitudes. ]

I couldn't ask that of you; I know materials are sparse, here. [ However much she does itch to try out a bow made by this man, who clearly knows what he's talking about... ]