Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It loves watching the reflection of stars in the water.

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.

Haou has a hard time accepting that he'll never grow up. While he has made friends with the other Royal Blue hatchlings in his clan, there are so many grown-ups that he can't help but wonder why he was sentenced to this life of eternal childhood. He tries his hardest to play with the other hatchlings and enjoy their juvenile games, but he just can't help but wonder how different his life would be if he could just grow up.