It'll be worth it to bring it to the lake regardless of if it hatches or not, I do wish to explore the entirety of this realm while I am here. If nothing else, this gives me an excellent reason to do it sooner, rather than later.

I don't think I can control when or where it hatches however...

[And all those little bubbles around the capsule that holds the egg sack, and the tiny little tremors within the egg sack itself, is giving him a bit of a notion that the egg might just be a little more active than he initially assumed it would be... and a lot more alive than Hijikata was banking on.]

... How close is that lake, by chance? Very close? Perhaps just a few minutes away maybe? [Hopefully?]