Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It glows with some form of arcane energy.

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.

He might be right—nomming ones wing is not usually a practise among hatchlings that is good for the wing in question. Despite this, he just can't give up nomming his wing. It isn't that it's delicious, it isn't that it's appetising—he just finds it so addicting to nibble on his wing every now and then. This sadly has meant that this hatchling no longer possesses its ability to fly, due to his wing being tattered and broken beyond repair.