Short and sweet suggestion: Oglop minion.

Photo of the pushie is not mine, just snatched it from google, but I do own that same plushie because I guess some girls are not squeamish around them. Like Princess Garnet
I love FF9, I still play the game about yearly and one of the reasons I love FF14 so much is the fact that it reminds me of the utter celebration of all the things Final Fantasy which FF9 was as well!!