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[areasontohope]

[Yuki is at the chocobo ranch and at first there's only chocobos shown on the feed with all different colours of the birds shown. But after a pan around the spacious yard, Yuki's voice comes over it though the camera is decidedly not on himself.]

I guess..this is kind of late to be asking. But I don't suppose anyone can teach me how to ride a chocobo?

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[mostlycloudy]

[There's a pause even after the feed initializes. It's never occurred to him before that people here might not know.]

You don't know how to ride a chocobo?

[areasontohope]

Um..no.

[He wasn't sure what to say here but he just ended up with the truth.]

They're not..native to where I'm from.

[mostlycloudy]

Oh.

[That was...news.]

What animals do people where you're from use for transportation?

[areasontohope]

Well in city we use trains or busses. Animals are mainly on farms like horses for transportation.

[That seemed a bit weird to say because he wasn't sure what everyone's technology level was.]

[mostlycloudy]

Sounds like home, but before...Shinra, it was more like this place, I think; isolated settlements who worked their land to survive.

[areasontohope]

[The new word caught his attention even as he absorbed the other words.]

What's Shinra?

[And he really hoped he wasn't being rude here by asking.]

[mostlycloudy]

A company who created a lot of industries that improved peoples' lives. [Nevermind the cost, there was no denying life was easier with Shinra's innovations.] They've built automobiles and given a lot of people access to power.

[areasontohope]

[He listened even if he really couldn't fully picture what the man was kindly explaining.]

Then they helped improved lives, that's a good thing, right?

[mostlycloudy]

It would have been, if that's all they did.

[But it was a really long story.]

I know how to ride.

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[cetrary]

[ Aerith looks a bit more excited than she probably should. ]

I could help you if you'd like!

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[areasontohope]

[He's a little bit confused.]

You can?

[cetrary]

Definitely! I'm not like an expert but we've got them all over back home. So, I bet I could help some!

[areasontohope]

Oh..so they're from your world.

[And he wasn't sure why she was offering to help but..]

Uhm..sure. Whenever you can..that would be great.

[cetrary]

I think so? But there may be other worlds with them too. I'd be curious to ask others here.

I can make time whenever.

[areasontohope]

More than one world has chocobos?

[Now he was confused, but sometimes that didn't take much here.]

Is..next week okay?

[He didn't want to try and rush her.]

[cetrary]

Could be. I wouldn't really discount anything here. It feels like anything at all might be possible, you know?

Next would be definitely be okay!

[areasontohope]

[He smiled a little nervously.]

Thank you.

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[soulsword]

[ Illyana looks vaguely amused at his question. ]Have you never ridden anything?

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[areasontohope]

Uh..not..really.

[He's pretty sure motorized anything doesn't count here]

[soulsword]

Ah, unfortunate. I would have said it's much like riding a horse. Why do you want to learn?

[areasontohope]

"They seem to be a quick form of transportation and I see people riding them a lot."

There was another more private reason too, but he kept that to himself.

[soulsword]

Fair enough. Have you tried just getting on one and seeing what happens?

[areasontohope]

"No." He wasn't the cat. The cat would've tried it, or Hatsuharu would've by now no doubt. But Yuki wasn't the 'try it and see what happens' kind of person.

"Have you ridden one then?"

[soulsword]

Indeed. Though I have ridden many strange things.

[areasontohope]

So it isn't tough to ride one of them?

[Riding on Shigure in his dog form didn't count for riding things, Yuki was pretty sure.]