The very first thing Zack noticed, when he looked up in reaction to the voice, was the ears. He'd seen some crazy body modifications in his time, and crazy creatures with crazy ears, but these? On this woman? They took the cake. After a moment he caught himself and did his best not to stare too obviously.

Owned by a... He mouthed the words, trying to figure out if he'd heard right.

"A horse. Oh right. Uh, huh. So, did you ever race Retribution?" What an intense name. Most of the racing chocobo names Zack had ever heard had been silly, like 'WatchMeFly', 'BuiltForPleasure', or 'BuyersRemorse'.

"I'm Zack, by the way." A hand was offered over the table to the woman. If they were going to be having this strange conversation, he might as well have a name for that face.