Sylvari corruption and the egg
That’s a fair concern. To extend it one step further- the Pale Tree seems to play an active role in the protection, and the speculation is that her current infirmity is at the very least a contributing factor to the sudden turning of sylvari. If (and we don’t know this for a fact) Glint worked on the same principles… well, Glint’s dead now. That’d leave the baby dragons completely vulnerable. Maybe that’s why it’s imperative something special be done with the egg?
R.I.P., Old Man of Auld Red Wharf. Gone but never forgotten.
I would think that the baby would be like Glint in that, its body appears corrupted due to its affiliation with Glint and the Kralkatorik but like Glint, its mind would remain free based on how its influenced early on in its life.