"...once. I arrived here." Rydia frowned at the mount of the cavern as though it had personally insulted her. She didn't want to enter the Ice Cavern at all, the clothes issue being but one reason, though the idea of letting Luneth wander in there alone appealed even less. He was a good kid, but his boundless curiosity might attract trouble. "Flan and Cave Imps like to ambush travelers."

She frowned a little more at that, remembeing that experience quite well. It also brought to mind a certain ninja who had arrived with her and how he was awaiting her return. Impatience rose as she admitted -at least only to herself- that she missed him. If the timing was off about that cargo ship in Dali, then this would be their only route to Alexandria.