For a legendland challenge. Prompt: Inadequate
Cara glared at the arrow as if it had swerved on purpose just to irritate her. Richard laughed in delight.
"You're good at this," he said. Of course ranged weapons weren't his thing – nor Kahlan's, come to that. Zedd was the only one who could attack at a distance, and his Wizard's Fire, while effective, wasn't always that accurate.
"I missed," Cara said flatly.
"What?" Richard strode over to the tree and bent down to study the arrow. It had nicked the middle ring of the target, but most of it was embedded in the centre circle. "Cara, it's a hairsbreadth out, that's all."
Cara simply nodded. He couldn't understand. The Mord'Sith punished errors, however minor, harshly. The girls who were deemed inadequate were not even allowed to live to complete their training. Cara had never stopped striving for perfection.