It didn’t go straight through the eye socket. Basically opened up the bone between the eye and the side of the face. But I don’t recall if they focused in on this during the show, that’s just how it was in the comic.
I’m not suggesting that Coral actually has sufficient foresight for this to be the true reason, but he did just watch two people get eaten because they couldn’t keep their mouths shut. That might make some people a little more restrained in their reaction.