Sometimes you have to see what's at risk to accept the value of something.

[Said with some somberness, he aims with the crossbow and shoots--

His aim is true. The shot is about the equivalent of a gutshot when it hits, though an inch or two off. Didn't he say he'd never used a real weapon before?]

And maybe you're right, someone probably would have died. That's still little comfort when you consider three people are dead so some of us could survive the week.