Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has a strong odor of turpentine, and your hand burns when you touch it.

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.

My Darling Turpentine's adopted parent, a soft and solicitous old celestial, loves her and is doing his best to be a good role model for her. No matter how she turns out, though, he will continue to support her. The other dragons' antipathy for the noisome baby has already convinced her caretaker that she needs all the love she can get lest she develop anxiety or something. The reason she's named My Darling Turpentine is so others will be forced to say something nice about her when they speak of her. The hatchling is too young to broadcast or process others' thoughts, but she appears to appreciate her father's efforts.