DinDin's Universe
It all started with a Dow-and-Darrow . What??! ... you might ask, and rightly so. It is something likely unheard of, before Gaius's stories. He started talking one night about how a Dow-and-Darrow is so, so much stronger than a Bow-and-Arrow. We tried to tease out details - is it a crossbow? a longbow? does it even shoot out arrows? (no, it doesn't, it shoots out Darrows, thanks for asking). But it's strong... so much stronger than all other weapons you could think of, except maybe Najinatas which still retain their sweet spot in Gaius's heart. Though you'd use them for different tasks; Dow-and-Darrows are still much better at a distance. Gaius's portrait of DinDin (3.5yo) As far as we can tell a Dow-and-Darrow is sort of like a rifle. Weeks passed, with us hearing a consistent repeat of this theme of Dow-and-Darrows, without us emphasizing it much or drawing it out. Others likely dismissed it as a speech quirk by a 3-year-old. Until DinDin came