Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has wings—but no hind legs—and it enjoys flying by the ocean.

And look! It has grown another set of 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.

Shoryo no mizu u-ingu is a sweet little hatchling. She loves to swim and play in the waves of the ocean that crash against her coastal rock home. She is kind and caring, always on the lookout for someone to help. She has already saved a small human child from drowning in the salty water, using her powerful wings to help her sail through the water and lift the young child, pulling it to safety.

Her name means 'Little Water Wing'.