A Chocobo's Tale/Plot Details

===Cutscenes===
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===Game Script===
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!A Chocobo's Tale - Upper Jeuno
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|Nevela: You see, chocobos have wings, do they not? But they cannot fly! So they cannot really be birds, can they?
Nevela: Everyone thinks about such things before they learn to accept them. But I think it's good to question.
Nevela: I was thinking this out loud when an Elvaan girl passing by stopped to talk to me.
Prishe: But what about moogles? They've got wings, and they can fly, but you wouldn't call 'em birds. 
They've got funny antennae, too, but they're not insects, either.
Nevela: When I responded to her remark with the fact that both moogles and chocobos are animals, this is what she asked:
Prishe: Then what's the difference between animals and people?
Nevela: I answered, ""People are smarter than animals." 
And then she retorted, "People sure are more sly!" 
Prishe: Ahahaha, don't get all huffy on me! 
I stopped to talk because what you were saying was important.
Prishe: People are all different from one another. 
They're different from animals, and different from plants. 
This difference is what makes it all worth it.
Prishe: There are lots of ways to think and feel, 
and things to know and to believe. 
But in the end, we all come from the same source. 
Prishe: That's true for both people and animals.
Prishe: We all have this thing called a soul. 
The souls of animals are pure and simple.
Prishe: Look over there. 
That chocobo is living proof.
Prishe: You should ask someone how that chocobo was born. 
Then you'll have your answers.
Nevela: ...And then she went on her way.
Nevela: I went to find out how that chocobo was born, but no one could tell me.
Nevela: Shalott said the chocobo's mother was from the stables in Bastok.
Nevela: She said it was a special chocobo that had silver-colored feathers on its neck.
Nevela: How I wish I could go to Bastok to see her for myself.
Nevela: I wonder if that Elvaan girl will be passing by again anytime soon...
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!A Chocobo's Tale - Bastok Mines
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|Wobke: A chocobo with silver-colored feathers...?
Wobke: Ah, you'd be talking about Silver Comet.
Wobke: She used to be the mount of a highly ranked general in the Bastokan navy.
Wobke: The general's son received the chocobo as a coming-of-age present, which he promptly took advantage of to leave Bastok.
Wobke: For the longest time, no one saw hide nor hair of man or beast--until eventually, Silver Comet came wandering back to town...alone.
Wobke: I heard later on that the general's son had lost his life somewhere in the wilds.
Wobke: Only Silver Comet had managed to return unharmed.
Wobke: In memory of his son, the general asked us to take the chocobo into our care...
Wobke: But then one day, Silver Comet was gone. 
Some chocobo thief had stolen her.
Wobke: Hm? 
You say a chick of Silver Comet's is being kept in the Jeuno stables? 
You must be mistaken. 
Wobke: Anyway, after the theft, the general exhausted every avenue in search of his son's chocobo.
Wobke: He eventually found an adventurer who allegedly saw a chocobo drowning in the Pashhow Marshlands.
Wobke: That chocobo had the same markings as Silver Comet.
Wobke: If you want to try talking to that adventurer, you should go to the outpost in the marshlands.
Wobke: He's given up the adventuring life, it seems. 
Now he earns his daily bread by seeing to the needs of the soldiers at the outpost.
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!A Chocobo's Tale - Pashhow Marshlands
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|Ulzana: Whaddaya want? 
I got no time for adventurers.
Ulzana: Huh? Where'd you hear... 
Well, whatever.
Ulzana: Silver Comet... 
What the hell are you bothering ma about that old chocobo story for? 
You some kind of crackpot?
Ulzana: Leave me alone, you loon.
Ulzana: Can't you see I'm busy? 
This place gets too wet and too dark too quick to be wasting time chatting.
Ulzana: Hold up a minute. 
If you bring me some bottles of warding oil, I might be willing to give you the time of day.
Ulzana: Yep, three of those ought to do it. I'll give you until the day after tomorrow.
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!A Chocobo's Tale - Pashhow Marshlands
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|Ulzana: You brought what I asked for? 
Careful with that stuff, it's powerful smelly.
Ulzana: It's good for hiding a person's scent, you see. 
Helps me get around.
Ulzana: Now, then. 
You wanted to hear about that chocobo, right?
Ulzana: She was one of the fastest chocobos I've ever ridden, but damn near uncontrollable. 
I don't know how Silver Comet's owner handled her.
Ulzana: I guess the death of her former owner is what sent her off the edge. 
That chocobo wasn't right in the head.
Ulzana: She threw herself headlong into the marshes. 
Thought my number was up, I can tell you!
Ulzana: When I saw her in the stables, she was wearing a collar attached to a chain.
Ulzana: That wasn't to keep the general's mount from being stolen-- it was to keep Silver Comet from flying the coop, so to speak.
Ulzana: That general's a real schemer. 
Said that if Silver Comet was released, she would be able to find Shooting Star.
Ulzana: It's his fault I almost got killed!
Ulzana: Huh? 
Who's Shooting Star? He's a chocobo, too.
Ulzana: Shooting Star was Silver Comet's mate.
Ulzana: Their love was a pure, uncomplicated thing, much more so than what people feel.
Ulzana: Ahahaha! 
I think this oil is starting to muddle my senses. 
I'll see you around, adventurer.
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!A Chocobo's Tale - Bastok Mines
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|Wobke: Were you able to meet with that adventurer?
Wobke: ... Is that right? 
I think you were around that bottle of warding oil a bit to long.
Wobke: It sounds to me like that adventurer was the one that stole Silver Comet in the first place.
Wobke: Or at least you would think so, if the thief wasn't supposed to have drowned in the marsh as well.
Wobke: You mentioned a "Shooting Star"? 
I know that name. 
Wobke: That chocobo was raised alongside Silver Comet. 
Those two were almost inseparable as chicks.
Wobke: Unfortunately, unlike Silver Comet's case, Shooting Star died saving his master.
Wobke: I'm guessing Silver Comet was trying to find him when she jumped into that marsh. 
The general mentioned something similar at the time, I recall.
Wobke: Hm? 
Still trying to convince me that her chick is in Jeuno?
Wobke: I'm sorry, but I really think you're mistaken. 
I mean, the general even had Silver Comet's collar.
Wobke: He said he was going to lay it on his son's grave in Batallia Downs.
Wobke: But, wait. 
I seem to remember that collar being sent by a man named Brutus. 
He runs a chocobo stable in Jeuno...
Wobke: Why would the collar be sent from Jeuno when Silver Comet drowned in the Pashhow Marshlands?
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!A Chocobo's Tale - Upper Jeuno
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|Nevela: Wow... 
So this collar belonged to that chocobo's mother, Silver Comet?
Nevela: I would place this on the grave of her mate, Shooting Star, if I only knew where it was.
Brutus: So you're the two snoopers who were asking Shalott about Silver Comet.
Brutus: That collar...!?
Brutus: You've dug pretty far into this old story. Looks like after twenty years, people start to let things slip.
Nevela: Please don't be angry, Brutus.
Nevela: I found out that chocobos can fall in love, just like people do.
Nevela: There was a girl who taught me that animals and people are the same.
Nevela: I think the story of Silver Comet and Shooting Star helped me to really understand what she meant.
Brutus: Well then, I suppose I'll have to tell you the whole tale.
Brutus: Silver Comet and Shooting Star never really died.
Nevela: Really!?
Brutus: Shooting Star was a special chocobo that was attacked by an evil man.
Brutus: He was badly wounded when they brought him here, and we all worked hard to get him back on his feet.
Brutus: But Shooting Star was being chased by the evil man, so we had to hide him away.
Brutus: We took him to a place in the west of Batallia Downs, where that villain would never find him.
Brutus: But the bad man was clever. He knew that if he had Silver Comet, her bond to Shooting Star would lead them right to the chocobo's hiding place.
Brutus: Silver Comet was one smart chocobo, though.
Brutus: She deliberately dove into the marshes to force the villain from her back.
Brutus: It was an extremely dangerous thing for Silver Comet to do.
Brutus: But she never gave up. 
She had to protect her mate from the man who meant to hurt him.
Brutus: Silver Comet swam through the muck and dragged herself free of the marshlands. 
She was able to make it to Shooting Star's side.
Brutus: That's why I took off her collar and set her free.
Shalott: What happened to them after that?
Nevela: Did they live happily ever after?
Brutus: That's right. 
And the youngest of the brood they raised together is that chocobo right over there.
Nevela: What a great story...
Brutus: It's not over yet. 
The villain of this tale is still lurking around somewhere.
Brutus: That's why you can never tell anybody what you've heard here today. 
You want to keep that chocobo safe, right?
Nevela: I'll never tell, I promise!
Brutus: Glad to hear it. 
And one more thing...
Brutus: Don't forget how Silver Comet never gave up on her mate.
Brutus: Even when those they love and believe in have gone, animals will keep on striving.
Nevela: Right 
That's because animals come from the same source as people.
Brutus: Adventurer, you can have this. 
Keep this story to yourself.
Nevela: Thank you so much! 
And this is from me.