[Varric is trying not to tip his hand here, but he can't stifle himself before a surprised laugh bursts out of him. He reins it in quickly, but it already happened.]

Uh--no, 'fraid that's not how we run contests here.

I mean, the picking a target and both shooting part? Yeah, that's pretty run of the mill, but unless your people mark birds and use them for practice? You're probably going to have to up your game a bit.

[Unless you really want to see how many arrows everyone can split in a row...which, actually, might be a fun contest but is also one that he'd have a leg up on.]

I'll make a target launcher for you. I'm sure there's enough gear to whip one of those up before the event.

[And, as an apology because he doesn't generally like laughing at people, Varric adds:]

You may also want to consider blindfolds.