[Ooooh...! Materia gaped for a second as Night and Feathers took off running, then grabbed her bird's feathers and held on tight.]

No fair! You wanna race, huh? C'mon, girl, let's show those jerks h--whoa!

[The female chocobo had clicked her beak, making a sound almost like a tsk of annoyance - then lowered her head, stretched out her neck and took off running at full tilt. Materia yelped, clinging to her neck, but after a few strides her body started to adjust and she sat up a little, grinning as the wind of their passage chilled her face.

Now this was chocobo riding! She knew somehow that this was what she'd missed the most, and she let out a whoop of glee. Even the cloudy weather couldn't ruin the moment for her!]

Hey, slowpokes, you might wanna run a little faster!