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[nimbuster]

You've got a lot of confidence for a guy who doesn't know shit about handling chocobos.

You find that "interesting"? That your friends might have to fight to survive? Or are you implying that you guys are going to fight me at some point?

[miniroth]

You make a lot of noise for someone who's never personally seen what we're talking about. I suppose you're used to hanging around with ordinary people, and thus a chocobo is a dangerous threat to tremble over.

I do not hang around with ordinary people. I hang around with Gaia and Popp, and they are not so fragile as to have their survival threatened by a lone monster.

But no, I hadn't considered asking if they wished to fight you. Thank you for the suggestion; fear not, I won't ask them to fight you as a group, that would be terribly unfair.

One will do.

[nimbuster]

Chocobos aren't a dangerous threat, they're persistent and it's hard to get one off your back without killing it. But I should've known it wouldn't even occur to you to take the care you'd need to avoid killing.

And the fact that you think "ordinary people" are inferior to stronger ones is a testament to how little you really change in the next ten years.

I'm not fighting kids, jackass.

[miniroth]

I see reading comprehension and retention of what you read are not your strong suits.

I have met the man I am in ten years, and he was a kind and compassionate man, beloved by his family and friends. Thank you for the compliment.

You fought a "kid" before, don't pretend it's immoral now.

[nimbuster]

Yeah, he was. Until one day, he wasn't. I told you before, the adult version of you I know decided one day that he hated humanity and wasn't a part of it. And then he tried to destroy it.

What the hell are you talking about?

[miniroth]

Given your ongoing efforts to provoke me, from the point of attempting to menace and belittle my friends onward, deliberately ignoring what I write in favor of an invented narrative and then insulting myself and my family, am I to assume that your goal is to invite this so-called hatred for humanity much sooner?

[nimbuster]

[Shit. Is that what Cloud's doing? He didn't think so, but...dammit, what's wrong with him? He's not usually like this. Reactive for no reason. Looking back, Sephiroth didn't say anything inflammatory until after Cloud was a dick to him. Why does just talking to the kid do this to him?

It has to stop.]

No.

[Then, a few seconds later,]

Sorry. You're right, I'm not sure what's up with me but it's not your fault. Good luck on your hunt for the red chocobo.

[He almost offers his help again but decides against it. Not like Sephiroth's gonna need it anyway, and it'd probably just make things worse.]

[miniroth]

[It takes a while for a response to follow this time. To travel, to talk to his roommates, to think about things - or all of them. Cloud had been of special interest to his future self, a sense of obligation and responsibility. He did not share that sentiment.

But holding grudges wouldn't do any good either.]

Please understand it is not a hunt, as I have already explained. Consider it sight-seeing.

[nimbuster]

[Cloud honestly didn't expect a response, so he's surprised when one does come eventually.]

Poor choice of words, sorry. Your search.

[Then, after a few minutes of deliberating on whether he should just leave the kid alone,]

Find anything yet?

[miniroth]

No. It's moved from where Popp saw it last. There are plentiful standard birds, they are skittish but curious. A blue. Etraya may not have enough of the right greenery to keep them all fed.

[nimbuster]

You might be right. With this kind of sudden wild population explosion, what we really need is a ranch where the greens can be cultivated and then spread around.

[A pause, and then,]

Think I'll do something about that.

[miniroth]

You never struck me as much of a farmer.

[nimbuster]

I'm not. But I can take care of the birds, supplies, trade, all that stuff, and hire somebody to handle the crops. Or just get the bots to do it, if nobody's available.

[miniroth]

In that case, if these are a permanent fixture now, better begun sooner rather than later. You could ask for help from the others.

[nimbuster]

Yeah. No time like the present.

[If someone had suggested to Cloud a year ago that he'd be planning to open a chocobo ranch, he would have been skeptical. But there's little merc work to be had here, and in between missions he feels...restless. Too much idle time. Too much aimlessness. Having a job to do that will actually help people (and birds) sounds like exactly what he needs right now. Not like he can't still do odd jobs on the side, too.]

You get first dibs on accessories once it's ready. Gaia and Popp, too. In exchange for giving me the idea.

[Lest Sephiroth feel like he would owe him something.]

[miniroth]

[There is something to be said for the peace that could be found in Etraya, even if it's a bit.. empty. The downtime was one of its perks. Finding something to do with it.. well, if that meant ranching chocobos..!]

Accessories? Bridles and saddles?

[nimbuster]

Among other things, yeah. Armor and headgear, too. Different kinds help chocobos perform better in different ways when you're racing them.

[miniroth]

I see. In that case, should the need for such accessories arise, I will alert you.