Matt was even reading the book of Daniel in the airplane when he had his first nosebleed. So the "in the lion's den" metaphor was pretty on the nose.

Yes. I have a friend who is a pretty good traditional archer (the old-fashioned wooden bow, not the fancy modern carbon fiber models with sights and bells and whistles). I tried to shoot it one time and it's ridiculously difficult. I could barely pull it back and couldn't keep it still when I did.