Fascinating. I assume your kind are coveted then? Magick may be available to everyone in theory, but higher trained and higher skilled magick users are still highly sought after on my world.

[ Balthier can't turn around and look at Nina while maintaining steering, but her voice has remained even. He's itching to get this craft outside and really see what she can do, but he remembers warnings of acid rain, and he still isn't sure if his stamina for Mist is exactly the same as home. Still, it's nice to be doing something familiar that he loves. ]

A chocobo is a very large and very strong bird. They're amenable to saddles, armor, carts and the like, though they can be difficult to catch and train. They fight back against the monster population. Most ground folk use them -- I prefer the skies. Chocobos don't fly.