Axel's eyebrows shot up and, for a second, he almost denied Saix's near-accusation. Instead, he decided to suppress his inner Lea and head off the denial with a sighed "Yeah yeah."

He left Aerith to her chocobo and stepped away, going to mount his own bird, but not until he had affixed some travel supplies to the saddle. They weren't going to do so well if they didn't have those on a long, long trip.