Welcome to Gaia! ::

Jhin rotated an apple in his hand as he opted for a quick lunch after his morning patrol. The ranger had originally intended to spend the afternoon nestled together with Kyril but Anahita had quickly reminded him about her shooting lessons for the day. With Tyka being gone more often he was the only one she truly wanted to learn from and so Jhin found himself jogging across the field so that he could meet with his daughter by the stream that cut through the forest near their stone cottage that he had renovated with Kyril and others for their family.

[Jhin 1]

“Hello there, Ana.” Jhin smiled as he waved towards his daughter. Even if she tried to look more responsible the ranger still saw her as his eager daughter, someone that was a bit too young for the rangers just yet. Honestly if he had it his way he would never let his daughters fight but Kyril was adamant about allowing the girls to live their dreams. Unfortunately for him it seemed Ana was invested in becoming a ranger which made Jhin both proud and worried.

[Jhin 2]

Jhin reached out and ruffled Ana’s hair. “I’m fine.” He replied with a chuckle. “I had a bite to each and I’m ready to go. How about you?” As he spoke Jhin took a final bite of his apple before tossing it further into the forest where the remaining core could decompose. Once that was taken care of the ranger made certain that the training dummy was in place so that his daughter could practice.

[Jhin 3]

“With your posture.” Jhin held up his own bow as if to demonstrate. “I know you understand the basics since Tyka taught you but this is a bigger bow that you have now. We’ve moved on from the smaller practice ones, okay? So please be careful while you work with it.” Their recent gift to Ana was also a point of change as it was an actual bow that she could fight with if needed, nothing like the practice bow she had before with its dull arrows and weaker strings.

[Jhin 4]

“Good.” Jhin nodded in approval at his daughter’s position. He could tell that she had truly taken Tyka’s instructions to heart simply from the posture Ana demonstrated. “Just try to relax a bit more. If you’re too tense the arrows won’t fly as freely.” He instructed, a hand gently patting Ana’s shoulders so that she lowered them instead of keeping them poised upwards from tension. “Next?”

[Jhin 5]

Jhin nodded as he watched Anahita. How had she grown so quickly? She was still the stubborn, feisty child he had always known that wanted to take actions first and ask questions later in his heart. The one who had been challenged by some of the older apprentices and had taken a hunting knife to cut her hair into a short bob since some of the boys teased her for it. I don’t want anyone to think I’m weak or that my hair will slow me down! A small smile crossed his lips as he noticed the short braid that was tucked over her shoulder, something that Kyril had taken to doing for the girl since she learned about the incident and Ana’s hair grew back. “You’re doing great.” Jhin praised her before following suit and demonstrating with his own bow and arrow. “Just make certain that you place your fingers more like mine so that you’re hooking the string with your index finger above this particular point. Your middle and ring finger should always be below, okay?”

[Jhin 6]

“Perfect.” Jhin smiled at Anahita before tightening his grip on his bow. “Now to properly extend it so that your shot doesn’t just go straight towards the ground.” He shifted his shoulders and slowly, ever so slowly, brought the bow arm to shoulder height and made certain to keep his shoulders down as he had earlier instructed Anahita. Once his elbow was turned away from the string he slowly walked closer to his daughter so that she could see clearly. “Remember no tension in your shoulders, lower them and then once you’ve leveled everything out the arrow can fly.” He drew the string in a straight line towards his face before quickly letting go, the arrow flying dead center into the target.

[Jhin 7]