The applause is unexpected, eyes drifting to Joly. There's a half smile on her face, though, and a slight tilt of her head in thanks. It's taken her a while to get to that point and she thinks she still has a lot to do.

She almost fires off another arrow, lowering it and relaxing the string at the question of 'festival training'.

"No. It's..." Hmm. How to explain this without going into too much detail. "Back home, there's a kind of war going on. It's more for survival than show."

How's that? That's a good explanation, right?