Zmerr turned on the source of the voice, rifle poised to shoot. His eyes met those of an unnaturally beautiful woman. She radiated some sort of magic aura. If Zmerr hadn't believed in magic before, he certainly did now. She seemed more shocked than threatening. "An Asura?"

"Yeah. What of it?" He didn't let his guard down. His experience with magic had only been bad.

This was the third time today that someone had managed to sneak up on Zmerr. This was irritating enough. To add to it, the woman spoke as if being Asuran was strange. 

Given the fact that the Asura preferred to keep to themselves, they had certainly been well known at some point. They invented or at least mass produced just about any electronic technology in any given household from self-powered toasters to city-sized electricity generators. It was no secret that the Asura did in fact exist.

Maybe she just didn't expect that any of them had survived. She probably had good reason to believe it. The Asura may have been known for their genius, but they were also quite well known for their pride and stubbornness. It wouldn't really surprise Zmerr much if he was the only one left either. Either way, the possibility that she doubted his ability to survive was still slightly insulting even if the thought was completely false and assumed from no credible sources.