HOME ON THE RANGE by Kiraya
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"It's ugly," Cloud commented as Zack drew up beside him, looking down at the city. "We came all this way for this?"
Zack shrugged. "Midgar buyers pay well for Nibel-bred mountain birds. And better we sell 'em ourselves rather than risk 'em with a secondhand dealer, right?"
"Point taken." The chocobos were always Cloud's top concern.
"C'mon, then," said Zack. "If we hurry, we'll get there by sunset." He urged his big black onward.
Cloud called to the flock, sounding almost like one of them, and they thundered down the ridge, hot on Zack's heels as he led the way.
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12 May 2008.