Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its eyes glow brightly at night, and it enjoys attacking insects and small animals.

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.

Aya Blackheart is Kyon's cousin. She too fell prey to the curse placed upon her cousin's family by a witch, causing her to stay a hatchling the rest of her life. As she is the only family of his left, Aya is very close to Kyon, and thinks of Kizuko as a mother figure.