Aww... It’s a cute baby drake. It has the colors of a bright summer day.

And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.

Young drakes 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 marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own.

Tanshuku nissu likes the shortened days of winter. She is always tired and therefore likes it when the sun goes down sooner and she can get some more sleep. She does enjoy the day because she is a day glory, but she also likes to sleep as much as she can.

Her name means shortened days.