[He hesitates a moment at the question, not because it's any secret at this point, but even after a year what happened on the mountain is a bit difficult to talk about.]

T-The um, night before I got here, my friends and I were on this mountain, and it uh... T-There were monsters. I-I kind of just picked it up how to shoot while that was going on.

[And fortunately he was a naturally good shot, or he wouldn't be here.]