Bird in Hand

Luquelot

Greetings, madam/sir. Tell me, how goes the training for your avian mount? I could not help but notice that there is some...bias towards real-life combat. All battle and no bonding makes for a less noble bird.

Keitha

Nice to see you, 'venturer. Here to learn about trainin' your bird, you say?

Stable your chocobo and you'll be able to train the sweetheart. But you need to give him a treat straight after and not a moment later. What I do is to go pick up a choice bit o' feed before I get the bird into trainin'.

• FR Mon premier conseil est d'effectuer vos exercices dans un environnement sûr afin d'éviter les blessures. ‘My first piece of advice is to do your exercises in a safe environment to avoid injuries.’ English says stabling the chocobo lets you train it; French advises training somewhere safe to avoid injuries.

The results vary, as that slick ruffian at the Ebony Stalls used to say. Around here, results depend on how clean the stables are, what treat you give. But long as you love your chocobo, it's hard to muck it up.

Well now, got a fine root─a krakka root─on you already! That'll work a treat, no pun intended! Go on, start trainin' Little Leia, there.

You can give her that gorgeous bit of krakka root after her trainin'. That kind of reward will get you results. Go on, then!

That was sweetly done, 'venturer. You've some skill at this, I reckon. Some are made to train just that one bird, but you can handle any chocobo.

Some 'venturers share a stable, you know. Might be you could care for birds other than your own.

You muck out the stables, that means you're helpin' raise the other 'venturers' birds as well as your own. Don't matter who did the muckin' out, really. Those birds've been cared for, you see.

That ought to hold you for a while, aye. No use pourin' too much wine into a cup. You'd best return to Luquelot before his Ishgardian braincase starts imaginin' the worst.

• FR Bien, je crois que je vous ai à peu près tout dit, mais peut-être que Luquelot aura des conseils supplémentaires. ‘Well, I think I've told you just about everything, but perhaps Luquelot will have further advice.’ English jokes about Luquelot's Ishgardian braincase imagining the worst; French says Luquelot may have more advice.
• DE Melde dich bei Luquelot, um deine Ausbildung abzuschließen. ‘Report to Luquelot to complete your training.’ English jokes about Luquelot's Ishgardian braincase imagining the worst; German says to report to him to finish training.
• JA 「ルクロ」のところに戻って、続きを聞いてみてください。 ‘Go back to Luquelot and hear the rest.’ English jokes about Luquelot's Ishgardian braincase imagining the worst; Japanese says to return to him to hear the rest.

That's all I got for you today, 'venturer. Tell Luquelot he did right bringin' you to me.

Luquelot

I see that you already have a fine residence of your own. Why not build a stable for your chocobo? Closeness leads to fondness, and there are other perks...

• FR Les chocobos apprennent plus facilement dans un environnement accueillant et familier. ‘Chocobos learn more easily in a welcoming and familiar environment.’ English says closeness breeds fondness; French says chocobos learn more easily in a familiar setting.
• DE Dann kannst du mit der Chocobo-Zucht so richtig loslegen. ‘Then you can really get going with chocobo breeding.’ English says closeness breeds fondness; German says a stable lets you really start breeding.
• JA そうすることで、効率的に育成できますよ。 ‘By doing so, you can raise it efficiently.’ English says closeness breeds fondness; Japanese says a stable lets you raise the bird efficiently.

Indeed, I could tell you of those and more, if you wish. We of Ishgard have a knack for chocobo husbandry─we have forgotten more than Gridania will ever know, I fear.

• FR Les Ishgardais sont les meilleurs éleveurs de chocobos d'Éorzéa. ‘Ishgardians are the best chocobo breeders in Eorzea.’ English jabs that Ishgard has forgotten more than Gridania will ever know; French says Ishgardians are Eorzea's best breeders.
• DE Dann will ich dich in die Geheimnisse meiner Heimat Ishgard einweihen, wo, wie jeder weiß, die besten Züchter Eorzeas herkommen. ‘Then I will initiate you into the secrets of my homeland Ishgard, where, as everyone knows, the best breeders in Eorzea come from.’ English jabs that Ishgard has forgotten more than Gridania will ever know; German says Ishgard has Eorzea's best breeders.

One Ishgardian knack is to stable chocobos at one's residence. That makes it possible to train and feed the birds.

The second knack is to keep the stable meticulously clean and picked up.

Chocobos are cleanly creatures and easily distressed by slovenly housekeeping. Shall we get straight to it? Pick up every vegetable scrap littering the stable, if you please.

Luquelot

You would do well to pick up every vegetable scrap in the stable. The chocobos' sensitive nature will interpret this as a sign of your love. Tell me when you are done, and we shall speak more.

• FR Pour que vous compreniez exactement dans quoi vous vous engagez, ramassez donc les qui traînent ici. ‘So that you understand exactly what you are committing to, pick up the that are lying around here.’ English says chocobos will read the cleaning as a sign of love; French says it shows what you are committing to.
• DE Hopp, hopp, der Stall räumt sich nicht von allein auf! ‘Chop chop, the stable won't tidy itself!’ English says chocobos will read the cleaning as a sign of love; German briskly says the stable won't clean itself.

Have you collected all the vegetable scraps? Very good, I will take those.

The place is as fresh as cream! How well the chocobos look, fluffing their feathers in contentment.

You would do well to lay in a magicked broom. You shall need to use those for a proper cleaning. But that is for another time! There is more to stable care than simple cleaning.

And that brings us to the third Ishgardian knack─fresh feed! I am not the aptest tutor for this craft, however. There is one that has the knack right here in Bentbranch.

That would be Mistress Margault, the resident botanist. She is in charge of all cultivars maintained here for the chocobos. Go to her and beg a few greens and information from her; she will not stint you on either.

Go to the yonder field and speak with Margault, she who grows the feed for our fine birds. She will share what she has, greens and knowledge alike.

Margault

Some feed for your chocobo? Aye, you've come to the right place for it. It has been a warm spring─try the krakka root. Many birds who would otherwise go off their feed cannot resist these luscious roots.

• FR Eh bien, ça dépend ce que vous cherchez à faire avec votre animal, bien sûr. ‘Well, it depends on what you are trying to do with your animal, of course.’ English recommends the krakka root after a warm spring; French says it depends on what you want from your animal.

We raise them with love as well as skill. Master Luquelot likes to call that a knack; I've no quarrel with it. 'Tis a joy to grow─whether it be vegetables, chocobos, or the skill in one's hands.

• FR Il y a différents légumes pour différents résultats. ‘There are different vegetables for different results.’ English says they grow crops with love and skill; French says different vegetables give different results.

Why not try your own hand at growing vegetables? You say you have a house, a house must have a field. Food grown with your love and care─how could your bird not thrive, eating feed such as that?

Mayhap we are not what we eat, elsewise my father would be a codfish aswim in butter─but the feed certainly makes chocobos, aye. So sensitive is their nature that you can see the effect of a particular feed as clear as day.

• FR Les chocobos sont encore plus sensibles aux effets de leur régime alimentaire que les hommes. ‘Chocobos are even more sensitive to the effects of their diet than people are.’ English jokes her father would be a buttered codfish if we were what we eat; French says chocobos are more diet-sensitive than people.
• DE „Du bist, was du isst“, sage ich immer. ‘"You are what you eat," I always say.’ English doubts we are what we eat, joking about her father as a codfish; German affirms "you are what you eat".
• JA 人の体は食べ物が作る……それはチョコボも同じこと。 ‘The human body is made by what it eats... and the same goes for chocobos.’ English doubts we are what we eat, joking about her father as a codfish; Japanese affirms that food makes the body.

But I have yet to tell you about the main feeds. You are sure to be fascinated!

Shall we ever tire of speaking of the gysahl greens? Precious, luscious plants! You can summon and train your birds with these greens. But as wonderful as gysahl greens are, they are hardly unique in being attuned to specific areas of a chocobo's abilities!

• DE Hier, Krakkagemüse! ‘Here, krakka vegetables!’ English praises gysahl greens for summoning and training; German presents krakka vegetables as the training feed.
• JA 代表的なご褒美は「カラッカの野菜」です。 ‘The typical reward is the "krakka vegetable".’ English praises gysahl greens for summoning and training; Japanese names the krakka vegetable as the typical reward.

The art of raising a chocobo involves choosing a balance of these vegetables to feed to your bird, thus creating a chocobo that is, well, just so!

The best-laid plans of wranglers are often frustrated by a picky eater, though! Do make sure you come to know each bird's likes and dislikes. They are no pieces of magitek to bend to your will. But when bird and woman/man grow together─why, you might discover something very special indeed.

Aye, and you would do well to grow your own feed! May as well fight with a pine sword, to raise a chocobo without a vegetable field of your own. Visit a store to buy the seeds, and remember, love and skill─there's the knack.

I do go on, don't I? You came for a handful of feed and got an earful, but that's the way of it with us botanists. Take this fine specimen of a krakka root to your sweet chocobo, and I wish you both the joy of it.

Luquelot

Ah, were you able to collect some chocobo feed? Margault is never stingy with her vegetables.

• FR J'imagine que Margault avait beaucoup à dire sur le régime alimentaire des chocobos, hein ? ‘I imagine Margault had a lot to say about the chocobo diet, eh?’ English says Margault is generous with her vegetables; French teases that she had a lot to say.

As fine a krakka root as ever I have seen. A magnificent specimen! This will make the training all the more effective, I believe.

We come to the fourth knack of chocobo husbandry, [name]. Training...

Hm, I hear head wrangler Keitha about her work. There's a thought. Go and speak with her─she will tell you much and more of training chocobos.

Margault

Aye, that krakka root's a comely plant. It's sure to please your bird. Will you show it to Luquelot, see what he thinks?

Luquelot

We have all we need to begin training the chocobo. I hear none other than Keitha in the stables, training a bird. Go and hear what she has to teach you.

Keitha has taught you the basics, I trust. Why not take the plunge and begin training Little Leia? No time like the present, I believe.

How did the training go? I suggest you ask Keitha, for she misses naught. I half suspect that she plays the rustic for our benefit...

• FR Êtes-vous certain(e) d'avoir écouté toutes les explications de Keitha ? ‘Are you sure you listened to all of Keitha's explanations?’ English suggests asking Keitha, who misses nothing; French asks whether you listened to all her explanations.

Sweetly done? High praise indeed from Keitha! Excellent, excellent. I have now taught you all the knacks you must needs know at this time, I believe.

It is my hope that you will add a stable to your residence─and there raise a chocobo to serve as your brave mount and trusted companion. How I long to meet that bird someday! I trust you will not disappoint me.