There's a lot of things in game they talk a lot about in text, lorebooks and so forth that we never see a glimpse of.
Radiant host in Thavnair had a cool commander with an eyepatch and a fancy name, that apparently just got eaten offscreen, we never even saw a peep of her.


THEREFORE I VOTE WE COULD change the boost-bonus boxes in the chocobo races into magical escaping panicked lalafels that the chocobo eat to gain weapons and powerboosts.