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Lucianne did as Jude told her, taking in a breath and releasing it. With it, she willed away all of her tension and worries of if she were doing this right or not. It didn't actually matter, after all. Nobody was keeping score. She lifted the gun again, aimed as if she would with a bow, and fired.

Nobody could have been more stunned than Lucianne herself when the bullet actually hit the target dead in the center. She turned to Jude, her mouth an o-shape. "It's not much different from a bow, is it?" she asked, a giddy relief slowly oozing through her bones. "Load, aim, fire." She giggled a little. It seemed silly that she was so worried over it before.
 
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Jude grinned at Lucianne's good shot, waiving her away from the range and making triple-sure she was following all the safety expectations.

"You've probably done it before," Jude pointed out. "But you're right. It's not as hard as people think. You just have to practice to be consistent, and most people don't want to."

People thought of guns as the quick and easy way to fight, but really it was pretty far from the truth. Quick to learn, hard to master as they said.
 
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She nodded cheerfully. "I don't think I would mind practicing more," Lucianne said thoughtfully. "It's -it's not what I expected. I thought it would be different, maybe, more dangerous feeling? But it's- it's just a thing like everything else."

"How often do you come around here?" she asked Jude. "Do you normally stay for long? I hope I'm not keeping you from doing anything while you're here."
 
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"I come about once a week," Jude said. "I used to go on Thursdays, back in Halcyon, but I've been doing twice a week since I got my powers. Which means like... three times total, but you get the idea." It wasn't like he'd been there all that long, after all, and he'd had his powers even less.

"It's not an issue. I'll be back here tomorrow anyway for my usual stuff. I'm here to take you shooting. Not focus on my own stuff."
 
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"All right, if you say so!" She wasn't going to think anymore on the matter if Jude said it was fine. She assumed, after all, that he would tell her if anything was wrong. "I don't think I'd come here much by myself, though. Do you think it would be all right if I tagged along a few more times?" Lucianne asked hopefully. "If not, that's fine, too! It really is!"
 
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"I don't see why not," Jude said with a wave of his hand. "Sport shooting, or just trying to brush up on your skills to make sure they're up to par?" He wasn't sure if she was planning to pick up a gun for self defense or something like that. It wasn't like she had a lot to defend herself with, but then she didn't have anything to defend herself from either.

The island was safe, he reminded himself. He didn't have to worry.
 
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"Not sport shooting, I don't think," she said truthfully. "That makes it seem so, I guess, serious? Like a real hobby. Me, I'm just getting my feet wet with the idea right now. Maybe later on but for now, I think just to get a little better and see if I still like it."
 
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"You could do classes," Jude said, glancing towards the front counter. "They do weekly ones that go from step one. They'd help you get on a basic level, run through safety, and help you figure out if you like it."

He'd never actually done classes himself, but he knew Annie was helping teach at least one of them. "There's actually a Regalia who works here - Ignited Dust, if you know them."
 
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She brightened. "Oh! You mean Annie?" Lucianne asked, remembering the Regalia in question. They knew each other only in passing, if even that. At the very least, they knew each other's faces, maybe. Definitely the name. "It's nice to see she's made something of herself on the island!" From what she had heard, most Regalia were going back home so it was a bit of a surprise.

"I don't suppose you could show me where to sign up?" she asked after a moment, sheepish. "Is it just at the desk that I got the gun from?"
 
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"She's settling in, yeah," Jude confirmed. "A few of mine have, but most I think are going home. Now that things are wrapping up... it's a bit like a vacation, I guess. Are you not going home?"

He'd never thought to ask, and now he felt silly for not having asked it before.

He gestured over to the front desk she'd gotten the gun from.

"They handle everything over there. I'd describe them as the experts."
 
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