[It's probably not even consciously helpful- just something that needs doing, and he's right here. There's no reason not to-- and it gives him some time to actually feel out where the leader is here.]

There's plenty of those. Just let him know that some of those huge chickens are assholes with some big claws.

[Sometimes he thinks he'd rather get kicked by a horse than a chocobo, honestly. But so far this roommate or whoever seems like an okay person. While Minato's standards for friends might be down in the gutter, anyone who likes animals can't be that bad.

He yeets another rock, and then continues.]

I've gone to help out on the farm a few times. They don't raise 'em for slaughter there, so the animals all have a pretty cushy gig. You run into any of the goats?

[... listen, he likes the goats, even if they're all fucking assholes.]