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Strolling through the forest, Legolas softly hummed an old tune once taught to him ages ago. For the most part, he was just wandering through the woods, enjoying being there in peaceful surroundings. He took everything in, from the rustle of the tree leaves above, to the birds singing and courting one another, to seeing small insects buzzing about their own business here and there... to the thunk! that was made when an arrow struck a tree ahead.

Now.. that wasn't exactly a natural sight or sound, so that caught his attention the most.

Hm? he thought to himself as he stared ahead with his keen eyes. It wasn't often that he would see archery around. He found that most elders, if taking upon any sort of weaponry, would choose to wield blades.

However, he knew of one other dragonfly aside from himself, that took upon the bow. And if he recalled correctly, she was an adult, gifted with the early ability to change forms due to being destined to elderhood from birth.

Athena.

Looking around, the elder began searching for signs of the other archer in the area. It had been awhile since he last saw her, but he could remember fairly well what she looked like. From a distance, he caught a glimpse of her, where he then slowly made his way to meet with her.

For a moment, Legolas paused his advance as he saw Athena aim towards him. He must have startled her, he figured, so he was sure to keep himself from appearing hostile. But it wasn't before long till she realized who she was and lowered her weapon.

With a soft smile, he continued to move towards her, waving lightly in return. It was nice to meet with her once again, in less dire situations than their first meeting.

"It runs well, Athena," he said once he was closer. He found her greeting a little strange as he had not heard many dragonflies speak in such a manner, but he paid no regard to it. To some, his own manner of speech may sound a bit odd in a sense as well.

"And for you, my friend? It has been several full moons since we last met if I recall correctly."

Legolas nodded lightly to the invitation, then began to walk along side Athena as they spoke. He noted the smile she had, and he couldn't help but smile in return. Outside of battle, she seemed to be quite pleasant to have around. Though, he was a bit curios as to why Thor wasn't around right now.

"Ah yes, I understand what you mean. While nature seems to be in balance now, there's no telling if any darkness looms about still. I myself, have been making sure to keep my shots true and my knives sharp."

There was a bit of an ominous tone to his voice, but he shook his head.

"Hopefully there will not be a time again where I must draw my bow against a living being that isn't prey. Too many lives were lost and ruined with that last incident I believe."

Legolas gave a rather solemn nod as Athena spoke of the many dead that were found once the horror of Biade had passed. He himself had buried a number of bodies or said a silent word or two for those that did not make it through that dark time.

"I know what you mean... Without darkness there can be no light. It's an unfortunate truth, but... it's the way things are."

Peering over her shoulder, he examined the arrow she had just retrieved, nodding lightly at its relatively good condition. It was always nice to be able to reuse arrows. Though in his case, he normally didn't have to craft his own wooden arrows so much any more, since he had his powers.

"How is your shot now anyway?"

Nodding solemnly at what Athena had to say, Legolas let out a small sigh before placing a hand on the nearby tree and gazing up through its branches. It was rather unfortunate, but it simply meant they must do what they can to ensure light remained in the world.

When she mentioned her accuracy, he gazed at her curiosly as she nearly called herself a human. It made him wonder if she had been to the human's side before, and if so, how long she remained there. Depending on the length of time, it may explain a few oddities in her way of speech. Having never been around humans himself, he couldn't be certain of how their mannerisms were exactly.

"Even the gods will miss from time to time too I believe" he said with a light grin, "As for my own... I have many years of practice. But even then, I still find myself to fire a few strays. More often than not, however, my arrow flies true."

Taking his hand away from the tree, Legolas lightly clasped them behind his back as he turned towards Athena. As she mentioned a friendly contest of sorts, his blue eyes lit up with curiosity and intrigue. Having such a contest was something he had not been able to do in ages, and he was rather interested in seeing how well her aim was.

"Hm? A competition sounds quite nice I have to say. We'll have to see if my age isn't a hindrance on me at all," he said with a fair smile, "How shall we go about with this contest? Set up a number of targets and see who can hit them all with the most speed and accuracy? That way, not only is it a race, but a test of skill and accuracy."

It was the first thing that came to mind. Of course, this would mean that he would have to use his crafted arrows rather than the ones he creates out of air, but that would put them on more even grounds anyway.

With a soft smile, Legolas thought of how the targets may be set up. After a moment or so, he replied with his answer.

"Hm... it seems that berry juice will be enough, granted we can find at least one or two berries per target... As for our final target..." he started, liking what she had suggested, "That sounds quite wonderful. Once we're there, one of us will call out the first deer we spot, and that will be the final one."

He thought over what he just said to see if he had forgotten anything, but just nodded from there.

"Does that sounds right?"