Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Except for the occasional flicker of movement, it remains inanimate.

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.

Eternal child, trapped by magic; long-sufferring prisoner, motionless in stone. Caccini knew better than to open her mouth and shriek for release, for death. Victim of a human's whims, unable to grow large enough to be able to really use those wings that had sprouted from her motionless form soon after the freezing spell... eternal hatchling, prisoner of magic, Caccini prayed for release.