"Hey! Wait up, not all of us have long soldier legs!" Because it was the long legs that made it hard to keep up and not the fact that maybe Aerith wasn't exactly as physically strong and shaped as Zack was. Nope, that had nothing to do with it. Her lips curled down into a frown as she caught up to his side, gripping onto her metal staff as they walked.

"Maybe it's just looking for food itself...?" Even if she didn't like seeing the chocobos getting hurt she did still have a habit of trying to not think the worst of something or someone. Sometimes she had more luck than others with it than others.