Ummm… what kind of interaction was this?!

I received an egg from Eric (Chameleons 101) and its been almost a year and it hasnt hatched. My friend/old coworker has hatched several panthers and suggested i candle the egg. It looked just like in the screenshot i shared above. I texted this to eric to see why. This response (3rd image) from him makes me rather uncomfortable… is that valid? What should i do? It reminds me of something like a toxic relationship…