Again, the beast used humor. It may be more human than it looks. Its jokes are bad enough. "I doubt very much, Swiftbeak, that any would eat the eggs of a creature tainted by demonic energies. Even if you could produce eggs, they would probably be acidic or something." Really. Maybe Valetni might take them, in that case, for some devilish brewing. But nobody would attempt to consume them...well, maybe Valetni would 'accidentally' feed them to someone. Al wouldn't put it past him.