[Noel's expression brightens as she nuzzles his hand, and he's quick to start stroking her feathers in the same way he'd observed when he and Serah had met up with the hunters on the Archlyte Steppe. Those chocobos had seemed to like it so it was worth a try.]

If you raised it from a chick I think you could do it.

[He glances to Hope now, attention divided between the conversation and the chocobo.] But once they get older, if they're not trained yet they can be really stubborn about listening.