"You stand like that, you're gonna go tumbling ass over teakettle, and that'd be hilarious but it's not quite the point, is it?" He nudges her feet with the toe of his right boot. "Widen your stance, just a little, and settle your weight. Once you get the hang of it, you can work on moving around, but for now let's just learn to aim, shall we?"

He lifts his gun one-handed, and aims at the crudely drawn targets across the clearing. "Heads, knees, stomachs," he says, and fires four shots in quick succession to hit each spot. "You aim with both eyes open, or you lose depth perception. If it comes down to you havin' to use a gun, you use it."