Target Practice by spookystoy
Fanwork Notes
Another one for the Stories100 drabble challenge. Prompt was 'sixth sense' and I leaned toward this definition: "Keen intuition; grasping the inner nature of things intuitively." I'm not sure I pulled this one off, but I did enjoy playing with the level of condescension Curufin displays at the end.
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Summary:
Archery practice at Nargothrond. Curufin + bow = OTP. Set not long after Curufin's people settle at Finrod's halls.
Major Characters: Curufin
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Artwork Type: No artwork type listed
Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General
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Rating: General
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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 102 Posted on 28 June 2007 Updated on 28 June 2007 This fanwork is complete.
Chapter 1
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Curufin drew back his right elbow evenly. He wouldn't surpass Fëanor as an artisan, but he wielded a bow with deadly accuracy. He had an audience today: a cluster of Men awaiting Felagund watched his arrows thunking into the distant target's center.
He heard one say, "They cast spells on their weapons."
"Unnatural. I don't like it."
"They could teach us."
"It's something they're born with, a sixth sense. Can't teach that."
Still pulling the bowstring, considering his target, Curufin then shifted his gaze, catching the last speaker's eye. "We are born with keen hearing, as well," he called drolly.
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