[Hup! and there's a smallish probably-human girl perching on the fence nearby, giving his external monologue a really curious look.]

You... know they're not gonna talk back, right?

[She scratches her cheek, tugs on one of the feathers in her hair. After a bit, having long since learned her lesson about giving confused people the benefit of the doubt:] I think that's pretty much just what they do. Kinda boring, huh? But I guess food doesn't have to be interesting.

At least chocobos you can ride. [And Rikku gives the chickens a look like they've betrayed her by being several times too small for that.]