[ Look!! He's stepping on some firmer ground now and they're going up in the world instead of sinking down into the gross swampy mess. ]

Are there no heroes where you are from? [ Because that's the only reason he can think of him never seeing a hero before. There were plenty of heroes back in the cities and it would be unusual for people not to know otherwise.

But then again, the Hero Association was also still rather new in itself. Maybe he just hadn't gotten to where he was yet. ]

And I believe that may be the case as well. Do you have a plan for navigating this swamp as you are? [ Look it's a viable question for Genos to ask even if it's something that Nao might not want to think about right now. ]