Asura gave a slight shrug at her words. They started their walk home, and he sighed softly as he tried to put together answers for her. "<b>What I am is complicated. All of this is complicated. And from the sound of it, I'm going to be spending most of tonight explaining things. Unless you would like to let me off the hook with one-word answers?</b>" He glanced at her with a joking hopefulness that was meant to lighten the mood, even if only a little. "<b>I hope you have coffee.</b>" He picked up the pace a little but tried to make sure she could keep up. He wasn't going to make her walk the whole way there without at least beginning to answer.<br/><br/>"<b>Technically, I'm half-human. The other half… I don't know the real name to it. Humans have nicknames for them; demons, guardian angels, aliens… but I don't have an accurate answer for you.</b>" He glanced at her face to read her reaction. Mainly, he was concerned that she might be annoyed. After all, he was doing his best<i>not</i>to give excessively vague answers. He knew there was no point dodging her questions if she would only turn around to go asking them somewhere else. "<b>You could get any one of those answers and more from whatever source you have. That's one question,</b>" he added the last part pointedly as they finally reached her home.<br/><br/>By now, his hand was throbbing. He wanted to get some ice on it, as well as to sit down and have a moment to calm down. Being out in the open like this, with the potential of danger lurking around every corner, made it difficult for him to relax like he desperately needed to. His body wasn't going to heal as long as his stress levels remained too high. Having the girl safe at the expense of five questions was far less stressful than having her wandering around in search of someone else to answer those questions.<br/><br/>"<b>I don't know why you specifically are involved in any of this,</b>" He murmured as he let her hand drop away from his own. "<b>I'd imagine it might be specifically because you're ordinary. That might be why you remember all of this as well. Where others would forget, your mind might just cling to the one difference too strongly.</b>" He paused, "<b>If I tried harder, I could probably make you forget everything, this time.</b>"<br/><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="91" data-username="@Wren" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/91/">@Wren</a>