[He shrugs. Better than nothing. He offers it up to the creature.] Alright, birdbrain. It's dinner time.

[The chocobo looks away for a moment, but all the running about has made it hungry. It eyes up Sparks, then the apple, then Nagisa, then the apple again before taking a quick bite. That gets a grin from the cowboy.]

There. About time. See, we ain't here to make ya into dinner.

Thanks, uh... Nagisa, right? [He's got a load of weird names to memorize lately.]