Given all that the Heroes had been exposed to as of late it couldn't be blamed on them to question the motives of mysterious newcomers. The boy and moogle glanced at each other at Rukia's question, but neither seemed particularly put off by it.

"It's not easy living here, but it's peaceful. And there's a lot of food if you know where to look. There's a lot about this forest we'd like to find out about ourselves and that's why we stay here. You can call me Chocoboy."

"And I'm Mene, kupo."

Chocoboy turned towards Cloud as the blonde walked up with the tired looking bird. Frowning, the boy got a bit closer to inspect Zack's condition. Whether from fatigue or trust Zack did not shy away from the like poking and prodding.

"I'm...sorry. I don't know if there's anything in this forest that can help your friend....but there might be one thing. The legends also mentioned the Fat Chocobo's blessing. It might be able to help him."