Considering the terrain and our situation, it would be better to get there sooner, wouldn't it?

[There's a lot that could be said, but then Ryu speaks up. That's right, they have someone unfamiliar with them. Saix shakes his head.]

It's simply a portal connecting us to where we need to go.

[Made of Darkness, sure, but Saix doesn't view it as too much of a danger. Just one trip through it won't hurt anyone without a black coat, of that he's certain. As for Axel? Ha. He's used them while in worse states, Saix is certain of that, too.]