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"Wow, General! Where'd you learn to shoot a bow so well?" Shouji asked in awe. Lumine was, once again, helping the young soldier with his archery skills. She's hit all the dummies perfectly, in less than ninety seconds, while Shouji watched from the sidelines (hopefully) taking notes.
Lumine giggled nervously. "My, uh, friend taught me while I was in Mondstadt," she said
"Your friend is very talented! I'll for sure master my archery now!" Shouji thanked her while hanging over her payment. Lumine smiled and went off to complete the rest of her commissions. She thought of her "friend."
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"Alright! So, turn your body to the right, and then turn your upper half towards the targets," Amber instructed Lumine, turning her body in the correct directions. Lumine shoved her away gently. "Alright, alright, I understand," she told the outrider.
Amber has very kindly agreed to teach Lumine archery near Stormterror Mountains whenever she had free time. Lumine could hit a bullseye, but she didn't know how to "properly" shoot a bow.
Lumine turned her upper body towards the target they set up, and raised her bow. Before she could draw the string, Amber gently took her shoulders and pulled back. "Straighten up a bit, and when you pull the string, your elbow needs to be parallel to the rest of your body," Amber explained. Lumine was a bit distracted by Amber being so close, so what most of the girl said went in one ear, and out the other.
"Uhhuh."
"Okay, now you pull the string."
"Uhhuh," Lumine pulled the string back.
"Keep the arrow on the bow's little base thing, and it'll help if you aim a bit above the target, it kinda depends on how far away you are."
Lumine nodded, and shot the arrow. The arrow cut through the air with a whistle and landed...
Next to the target.
Lumine blushed in embarrassment and groaned. She never really liked it when she couldn't get something perfectly on her first try.
"That's alright! It's really good for your first try!" Amber said, trying to encourage her. "Grab another arrow."
Lumine took another arrow from the bunch beside her, and set it on her bow.
"Alright, stand up straight, and pull your arm all the way back. The bow should stand straight up and down, or else the arrow will go a bit off course." Amber directed Lumine's body, while Lumine tried to push out the fuzziness in her mind. Lumine took a small breath, and shot her arrow. This time, it landed on the target, not far from bullseye. Lumine grinned and looked at Amber happily. "Hey! Did you see that?"
Amber grinned back, "Yeah! That was awesome! A bit more practice and you'll be shooting all bullseye in no time!"
Lumine eagerly took another arrow, wanting to keep up her streak of arrows on the target. She placed the arrow and pulled back, hoping her form was correct.
Before Lumine shot, Amber gently took her waist, adjusting Lumine's position.
Mondstadt's honorary knight short circuited and shot her arrow.
The arrow whizzed through the air, the wind whistling around it...
And barely missed a flock of birds, causing them to take off in panic.
Lumine blushed in embarrassment, Amber watched the birds flying away.
"Sorry, I-"
"Haha! Wow, you really missed that one!" Amber laughed. Lumine tugged on her hair, silently screaming at herself. "I really didn't mean to do that, oh my goodness I'm sorry."
Amber patter her friend on the shoulder. "No, no, don't worry! Sorry if I surprised you by moving you, I should have given a warning."
"It's fine, don't worry about it."
The outrider smiled. "Well I think that's enough for one day, why don't we go get some lunch to end class off?"
Lumine smiled. "Does that mean there'll be future classes?"
"Uh- yeah sure! I'd love to help you out!" Amber smiled softly, Lumine thought the girl was blushing a bit.
"I'm looking forward to that, outrider Amber."