Please prevent the Owlbear Egg from acting as consumable food!

It's so annoying having to babysit this easily consumed quest item every playthrough by fighting against the Long Rest mechanic trying to consume it 'till the player finally gets to Lady Esther, only to then realize it 'magically' got consumed anyway ages ago somewhere along the journey. Ultimately leaving the player without a lore-appropriate way to peacefully complete the 'Steal The Githyanki Egg' quest (without murdering Lady Esther or angering Lae'zel and massacring the Society Of Brilliance).

50 hours into a playthrough; Shadowheart was safekeeping the egg in her backpack up until meeting Lady Esther, only to then realize it got consumed 25 hours ago by the Owlbear Cub's feeding dialogue choice, stole it straight from her backpack.

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