Oh, he's fine. [Rhus bends down to pick his bird up and tuck him in an arm.]

He came with me here to Lunatia, and for some odd reason, the magicks of this world simply... changed him, I suppose you could say. He'd shrunk to the size of a chick, yet retained his adult features.

He's none too pleased about it, as you might be able to tell. [A loud peeping noise erupts from the chocobo as if on cue, such high-pitched kwehs of sheer indignation at his situation that Rhus has to pat him on the head.] Which has made him grumpier than his usual.