The Dragon Egg had been with John for quite some time.
Even longer than Paluru had.
Paluru had been looking after the Dragon Egg bought at the transfer station all along.
The Fire Demon's body temperature was just right for simulating that of a fire dragon.
Just then, the Bifrost John had summoned arrived.
The Bifrost descended from above onto the Silver Hand 2017, just as a fragment was laboriously knocked free from the crack in the Dragon Egg.
At once, the spatial energy, Chaos Magic, and power of the stars carried by the Bifrost poured endlessly into the Dragon Egg through the opening.
At the sight, John's pupils contracted into vertical slits.
Before Paluru could react, the Dragon Egg had vanished.
John's right hand turned silver, and the Finite Stone shone as it regulated the energy pouring into the Dragon Egg.
The unborn hatchling was being invaded by all sorts of magic. Without prompt treatment, it would die before hatching.
The Bifrost swept up the Silver Hand 2017, passing through the multiple Magic Circles and wormhole forces outside Sakaar.
It leaped out of the universe where Heaven lay and returned to their own universe.
The violent fluctuations of the Bifrost dissipated. John frowned deeply at the Dragon Egg in his hand.
The Dragon Egg had gone still. Paluru finally caught on and ran over.
For the first time, John saw a demon cry.
Over the many days they had spent together, the Fire Demon Paluru had long since come to raise the Dragon Egg as his own child.
Now that something had gone wrong with it, even this demon who exploited his own kind shed tears.
A Fire Demon's tears were a kind of green flame. Seeing them, John took out a bottle and told Paluru with concern, "Go