"Years and years of practice, that's how he does it," Joel says with a snort. "Like I said, it's mostly all muscle memory and building up your arm strength. You're already doin' better than most people would their first time."

Joel is really good at the encouragement thing. "Arrows have almost the same stopping power as bullets, and you don't have to worry about givin' away your location with all the noise of a gun."