"A horse? Wait, you aren't leaving yourself high and dry are you?" Aerith didn't know enough about the man to be suspicious or not, she was kind of sus about them all in fairness. However, if she was going to be leaving with him, Aerith shrugged and jerked a thumb over her shoulder in his direction.

"And I can't just hitch a ride with him? Why do I need my own whatever-that-thing-is? Horse you said? I don't even know what one is to use it! You may as well keep it." It was, Aerith thought, perfectly logical. Now. If they were going to hand her a chocobo...? She'd always wanted to ride one of those!