There were two entrances to the Ice Cavern: one down on the Mist-filled plains and one high up on the plateau not far from Dali. After flying to South Gate, Tifa and Tidus hired a pair of chocobos and headed to the lower entrance, which was closest.

Tifa was worried about Firion. How on earth had he got himself stuck in the Ice Cavern? She knew that he was upset about Cloud and Minwu's disappearances, but she hadn't realised that he would choose to go somewhere so dangerous. And Warrior of Light... What a strange name. She didn't know who he was, only that he was another comrade of Cloud's and the others in that strange other world they spoke of. He had only just arrived; it was unfair to leave it to him to rescue his friend.

"There it is," she said, spotting the dark mouth of a cave. She turned her chocobo towards it and approached cautiously, peering through the Mist.