[@Feisty-Pants]Like, I like her, but then I go "She is just a more believable Steiner, which just means she will be that much more of a fucking bro later."

So, I have a few ideas, mostly because we can do quite a bit before returning to Lindblum. 

And it is kinda side content, Old and with the New.

So... We can go to Dali to restock on items before discovering the secrets there through other means. Can go to Treno, and then possibly leave to Lindblum on foot by the gate, mostly because. "Hey, even if it is a straight path, it is still a giant ship flying around. People can easily give a direction if they see it in the air." 

That and it is simply a very political matter. So, them just gunning it to Lindblum isn't the smartest thing they can do at current. 

That... And we can do a bit of side stuff without totally eliminating the beginning.