He smiled, just as mirthlessly at Barid. "Actually, I had thought of the egg thing before, but my conclusion was that it was one of THEIR eggs, not a beyonder one. It is simply too big for a beyonder egg. Which would also explain THEIR hostility to the beyonders. The beyonders are like wasps and ants in a hatchery, so THEY hunt them down whenever THEY do find evidence of beyonders. Which also explains why we do seem to do so well against beyonder attacks."