( when the rune is finished, godric steps back and away. he knows that ephemera does not like the empathy bond and does not wish to inflict it upon him longer than is absolutely necessary to ensure whatever small protections he can upon him. )

I cannot imagine doing otherwise.

( he is a warrior. mortality changes nothing of that. he has died twice and both times was reborn as something new. as a concept, death and the resultant non-existence hold neither fear nor mystery for him. )

I've procured a bow. A little outdated, perhaps, so far as your arsenal is concerned, but it's more familiar to me than guns would be.