Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Ever since it hatched, it has been hiding among the tree leaves.

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.

When not trying to pin down the exact date of his favorite holiday, Explosion Day (he compensates by celebrating it at least once a week), Rick can often be found deep underneath the Aperture Canyons, around the magma beds where EmergencyIntelligenceIncinerator makes her home. As with the other Sphere hatchlings, no one knows just where Rick came from, but at least his behavior explains why he was frozen- within two days of his arrival, he had destroyed most of GLaDOS' valuables, and frightened the Core hatchlings so badly, they seem to have vanished from the canyon entirely. GLaDOS wasn't even trying to punish him, when she banished him to the magma fields, she was just hoping they would be dangerous enough to keep his interest.

Since then, Rick spends his time teasing the resident Magma dragons, creating exploding lemons with the help of the Stone, Cave, and trying to charm passing female dragons. So far, the only one has been Chell, and he was met with nothing but silence.