Yesh, Reeve had heard that. He's left thinking at the face of that.

"I spoke at length with Alistair about all of this. There is a chance you know him since he came here. He said he was a Templar and Warden. Back home mages were seen as something to be studied, and not always ethically so. The real demons were the ones who hunted magic users."

He'd had to hide much of what he was for much of his life. At least there was materia.