He had simply accepted the sudden reversal, especially since it would just be him and Leighla. However, having had his surprising victory, he knew better than to allow them a chance to renegotiate the terms, so he simply accepted and got on the way as fast as he politely could.<br/><br/>Meridia got a 'bouncy' reply that she would realize he usually sent when he was being a smartass, before asking about discrepancies between the Draconomicon he had shown her and the actual dragons here. Specifically that it had claimed that a female dragon would not be indisposed by the eggs until almost the moment of laying, while here she was clearly not taking the egg that well. He then pointed out that most dragons were solo by nature, and chromatics tended to not be very trusting or trustworthy, so how did they manage to be a problem if she could hardly move with only one egg. He then paused, and asked if it WAS only one egg.