No, it was more that Hibiscus was a pest who was possessive of her father. Nida sighed at her antics and wasn' shocked when, once he sat, the chicobo was immediately trying to climb into his lap. He unclasped her leash and let her do so.

"Yuki has a blue chicobo called Haru. They spend time together when we're training. I don't know why he has one, but as my chocobo assigned by the guard decided to attack me a lot, the suggestion was made that I should raise one as my steed and partner. And thus Hibiscus here. She doesn't try and eat me anymore. Or kill me. I think. My brother's chicobo wasn't so kind."

BUt that was before here, and Nida had mothered Hibiscus since she was barely hatched, so it was working out. Helped that Nida knew how to comfort her now, his finger stroking lightly over her feathers to straighten them, and the bird cooed happily at him.

"You're definitely being nosy, and no, that's fine to ask. He's single. I think he's still missing you. He came to me to learn to fight because he wanted to protect people, but also to live up to the example you were setting. I've taken the sword up once more, just to teach him."

Still, he finds himself compelled to ask.

"Do you intend to break my apprentice's heart? Because I wouldn't take that lightly."