Maybe they think braving whatever nature throws at us beats anything having to do with that city?

[evil organization vs wilderness without preparing: which one is the lesser of those evils? it all smells the same level of fishy to him. good spirits don't throw innocent people into a place crawling with monsters and watchful eyes always on you and...

and that brush really isn't helping. riku watches the futile struggle of brush vs hair jungle before giving a small sigh and speaking up again.]

You'll pull out everything except the twigs at this rate. This might be a battle you can't fight alone.

[that's riku's backhanded way of offering to help her at least pull out the twigs and junk. two people ought to be enough to brave one hairy mess.]