" It might help a bit,” said Merch, standing with his arms crossed, “if you were to show us how it’s done.”
“I believe I already have,” Brandegan replied; “several times.”
“All you did was tell us what to do,” Merch retorted. “The only thing you’ve showed us so far is how to hold and draw. We’ve yet to see you shoot.”
Brandegan raised an eyebrow. “And if I were to stand where you just did, draw my bow and fire an arrow ringed with white flames that sailed over forty leagues into the north and cracked the eastern crest of Baulon, how would that help you to enhance your own scanty skills?”
Merch blinked. "

― Julius Bailey , Toils of the Valiant: Book Two of the Chronicles of Vrandalin (Læl Chronicles #2)