[She's suddenly much more interested in learning about his world than about the specifics of egg-rearing. Though she does hug it carefully to her chest, making sure to fold the coat around it to cover every part of the shell.]

It must be complicated, I suppose, cohabitating with humans and non-speaking animals. The city buildings must be very large to accommodate elephants. Have you and the other speaking animals got jobs? How do you operate things like doors if you haven't got opposable thumbs?