1) The Anchor HQ maintains a small army of dwarf chocobos as therapy aides or assistive animals. Their care and training is part of some of the Anchors' therapy, and the former SOLDIERs are so good at it by now that Anchor birds are in high demand. Anchor birds are never sold, only donated or loaned to people or organizations in need.
2) Roddy Prynne's hands were pretty damaged from frostbite on the North Crater, so he has a dwarf chocobo from the Anchor flock as an extra hand. Danny picks things up for him, presses buttons, and even knows how to call for help in an emergency, but he's a younger bird and can be overprotective of Roddy's space sometimes.
3) Therapy 'bos abound in the Mideel Hospital. Many of them were bred on the islands, or nearby; they're well acclimated to the weather as well as to the heightened presence of Mako. They provide contact comfort and a kind of early-warning system for patients affected by Mako poisoning.
4) Now and then the Anchors and their therapy 'bos will tour local schools for Very Special Lessons and such. A couple of weeks after Denzel's adventure with the Bouncers, his school got one such visit, and for the first time he was able to pet a therapy bird without fear.
5) When Sephiroth started seeing Nick, a dwarf chocobo named Clover more or less adopted him on sight and insisted on following him everywhere and sitting in his lap every time he sat down. ....It helped. <3
five random disconnected headcanons.
2) Roddy Prynne's hands were pretty damaged from frostbite on the North Crater, so he has a dwarf chocobo from the Anchor flock as an extra hand. Danny picks things up for him, presses buttons, and even knows how to call for help in an emergency, but he's a younger bird and can be overprotective of Roddy's space sometimes.
3) Therapy 'bos abound in the Mideel Hospital. Many of them were bred on the islands, or nearby; they're well acclimated to the weather as well as to the heightened presence of Mako. They provide contact comfort and a kind of early-warning system for patients affected by Mako poisoning.
4) Now and then the Anchors and their therapy 'bos will tour local schools for Very Special Lessons and such. A couple of weeks after Denzel's adventure with the Bouncers, his school got one such visit, and for the first time he was able to pet a therapy bird without fear.
5) When Sephiroth started seeing Nick, a dwarf chocobo named Clover more or less adopted him on sight and insisted on following him everywhere and sitting in his lap every time he sat down. ....It helped. <3