I am no coward. I have ample enough physical strength for a fight. [He displayed a set of 'guns' to demonstrate, smiling with broken teeth.] In fact, there is something to be said for the tactile experience of crushing an enemy's skull with their bare hands.

But no, there is just something to the symmetry of archery. The precision of the shot, the accuracy, patience and poise. It is the noblest of combatant forms, a picture of enlightened warfare and the art of the tactician who then leads the troops below as he rains feathered death from on high.

[He almost sounded a bit like he fetishized the whole thing.]