[ Doubly true as the furthest they travel from Aqures Ixen, the less people know about the whole Heroes of Light thing. Odds are that this man never even heard about it, or if he did he barely paid attention to it.

He paused before nodding to Sephiroth. ]

Half-right. People from Aqures and Balicea can come on foot, but nobody could cross into imperial territory without one of them. And they know it.