Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It can fit right in your palm.

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.

Soipa is a very timid dragon because of her small size. Because of her vertically challenged state, other dragons tend to pick on her. If Soipa did not have Baquj to protect and defend her, the little dragon would be very lonely indeed.