The problem isn't trying to hurt them. He'd never do that on purpose. It's hurting them on accident. The Soldier gingerly sets the egg back down in Grace's care, while she paws at his wrist to keep him next to her. At least she doesn't seem worried, but who knows if she's ever handled babies before. He absolutely never has. He's sure of it.

(He's wrong, of course, but how's he supposed to know that?)

There is one egg that seems a little smaller than the others-- not the one they'd been handling, one closer to the crook of the Absol's elbow. "Does it matter what each egg is going to be?" He's not even really sure what they're going to do with the offspring.