[I am so not a chemistry-type person, so I'm definitely not going to be fact checking you! lol]

The technical names that Hank used for the chemicals were so much of a foreign tongue to Aurus, but that wasn't really the point. The real question was about the consequences if the students' curiosity led them towards dangerous things. This was an oblique sort of query though, and also not precisely the point.

Aurus shook his head a little at Hank's question. "Secondborn is a shorthand--it's my generation. Amongst the sylvari--my race--there were a dozen who came first. And then there were all the rest. First among those 'rest' were a large group of us who awakened at the same time. As a designation, 'Secondborn' both means very little and very much.

"As for the asura, they're an imp-like race, short in stature with long ears, and they are our closest neighbors within the Maguuma Jungle. They're also the foremost scientists in my world. Their whole society is built on their love of experimentation and invention. And to many of their kind, my people are no more than kindling."