Chapter 8: Chocobo Forest
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	Strago listened patiently to Lile's story.  After hearing the
sprite's explanation of elemental magic, he decided that elemental magic
seemed to be of a separate nature from the magic of the Satues and seemed
to pose no threat to the possible return of Kefka.  After hearing that the
sprite wanted to search for other elementals Strago agreed to go with
Lile.

	"Okay, it seems like your elemental magic might come in handy.
The problem is that you are the only one who could use it.  Relm and I was
planning to go to the south forest to search for some flying black
chocobos; they are the ticket out of here."

	"All right. Let's go Gramps!"  Strago pretended he didn't hear it.
He didn't want to get her involved in this, but she was the only other
person in this town with adventuring experience, and Strago knew that if
he did leave her behind she would follow anyways.

	"Let's go, everyone.  We have to stop whoever is trying to restore
the magic of the Statues."  The group of three headed south of town and
started for the southern forest.

	It was about a day's trip; although Relm and Lile seemed in good
shape, Strago was not young anymore and even such a short trip tired him
out.  He thought back to the days of his youth where he explored distant
lands wandering for days at a time with only his magic to protect him.
Now, without magic, Strago would have no chance by himself.

	It took about three hours of searching through the dense forest,
but finally they found what they were looking for: a small clearing with
pack of six black chocobos, which looked like normal chocobos save for
their dark feathers and larger wings.  "All right!  Let's go!" said
Strago.