This hatchling appears to be... dead?

Perhaps not. It seems to be active during the night.

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.

Absinthe is a strange vampire. He does not enjoy skulking about in the night and preying on the blood of the innocent, he does because this is excepted of him and if he did not drink blood he would die. What Absinthe really likes to do is paint, although holding a brush and using his tail to accomplish such a task leaves much to be desired in the end result; it brings him joy. In any case the human that raised him, who provides the supplies to paint with in the first place, is always quick to praise his work. Her words fill Absinthe with a warmth seldom felt by vampires.