The hastega would be greatly appreciated, so long as they were on relatively open ground. They wouldn't want to take chances with their footing on treacherous terrain, after all.

Lea too noticed the cage, following Tidus as he approached it, but the fiery whip lashing out from it gave him pause. "What the heck?" he said, summoning his Keyblade, just in case. "What is that? A cage that attacks people?" And a cage made of fire no less. Because of course it was.