[Ramza smiled, visibly pleased that the petting worked. He had not been sure, honestly.

He knelt slowly and rolled the potion bottle in Jade's direction. He tried to keep his motions slow and nonthreatening to keep from spooking the not-chocobo.]

Heal it, and then maybe you can befriend it. [Because adopting an animal companion in the middle of enemy territory was a thing that happened. One just had to make sure they did not lay eggs everywhere.]