Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It sleeps a lot, but when it’s awake, it’s quite a handful.

And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.

Young dragons are relatively defenseless. They are born with relatively soft scales, which are shed and replaced with harder ones as the hatchling matures. Once a hatchling’s wings grow in, it typically marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own and are usually left alone by their mother.

Chase Freedom isn't very bright and thinks in weird, barely-understood metaphors. He's convinced that at some time, the Facts of Life suddenly come to every dragon individually like a meteorite hurtling toward the ground. However, his meteorite hasn't even entered the atmosphere.