[It takes a small while before Douman finally answers; he's looking even more ruffled now, with a couple of new scratches on his face and ...is that fur and twigs stuck in his hair? Whatever, he's a very dignified and impressive noble Noble, look how much he's not fazed at all over just losing to a godsdamned critter again. Which he hadn't cared all that much about anyway, not like he made this post just to ask about a tanner to get back at a 'mere' animal and only tacked on the bit about needing a ride as an afterthought.

Totally never happened, nu-uh.]

Beats me. Apparently they look like the youkai version of a chicken and are supposedly superior to horses in several ways. ....I'm trying to figure out if keeping a flesh-eating chicken is worth it.

[Nobody actually claimed that chocobos are carnivores. Douman is just assuming based on the prejudice that youkai = dangerous beasts that are better dead than alive = obviously predators.]

Has anybody ever told you that you look hella suspicious?