"What do you mean?" Nolan asked, still staring at the blue-stained egg.
Lirazel's eyes darted nervously. She backed away from the pulsing eggs, her fingers trembling, clutching her own arms tightly. "I thought this was a normal beast spawn. I really thought it was just a rare mutation, nothing dangerous. I didn't think that… I didn't think that it—"
Her voice stopped abruptly.
"No, I can still do it… I can still do it!" Lirazel said as she pointed her claw at one of the eggs. But she wouldn't hurt it… "Don't do it now… please… don't… we are not ready yet… Master Nolan and I aren't ready for this!" she added.
A soft glow of crawling purple aura emanated from her shared bat-like fingers, trying to focus on the eggs like a snake. When it found its target, it snapped forward its head, but suddenly, Lirazel stumbled back!
"What?"
Then, despair painted her face.
"Noooo…!"
Almost immediately, there was a subtle movement from one of the eggs.
Then—
A sound.
A crack.
