Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It seems to be particularly fond of lightning storms.

And look! It has gotten aggressive towards you now, attacking your hands whenever you come near! 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.