Hatching-tide question

[Chione]

So... you have to abandon the quest to succeed at it? Any other method would make too much sense I suppose.

[Neko_Yanagi]

I've tried that, it didn't work for me /cry

[Neko_Yanagi]

I've tried that, it didn't work for me /cry

but it worked on a second character! Man, buggy stuff..

[Reika]

I've tried that, it didn't work for me /cry

You have to wait til you recover an anima after you abandon to re-take the quest. He will give you a random egg.