The chocobos are surprisingly understanding, Axel's discovered, and capable of figuring out human emotion and language, so it's no surprise they're reacting the way they are during this conversation. He wonders if they exist somewhere in their World...

Axel thinks for a moment, staring at the ground, before he shakes his head.

"Just stay out of his way regardless," he says. As stoic as Saix seems, Axel knows better than anyone that even he has his off days.