[ pointing out that purposeful misconstruction aside— ] Well. I didn't want to be so bold in assuming myself to be a special case...

[ if it's not a hobby, that's what it makes him, right???! okay, he's joking there. a light shrug of the shoulders; he looks sheepish again, eyebrows knitting and his smile a crooked one. ]

I meant shooting, though. [ needless to clarify, he thinks. ] Inanimate targets or not.