If you let Kyra lead, she will lead everyone astray. All she wants is to research how to get back to Spira ^_^

This is sort of why I asked which direction we'd like to go. If our mission is to go toward the north near Trabia, the towns are sort of in the opposite direction. Not to say there isn't a benefit to visiting towns...as there would be. Just curious to know if anyone else has input.