Talk:Neopolitan/@comment-37232527-20181029041530/@comment-25396609-20181102063140

I'd like to add some heavy speculation to this discussion.

Remnant seems to be quite advanced in the area of material sciences. It's possible the canopy on Neo's parasol is made of (or reinforced with) something like, say, synthetic spider silk. While that alone wouldn't be sufficient to block a bullet, it would be much easier to use Aura to reinforce a weapon with a material which is naturally sturdier than things like cotton or nylon; both of which are quite fragile.

Spider silk on the other hand is one of the strongest materials on earth. The Darwin's Bark Spider in particular produces an especially strong silk; over 10X stronger than kevlar.