Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It sleeps a lot, but when it’s awake, it’s quite a handful.

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.

A Small Cotton Puff is a rather sleepy girl. During her waking hours, however, she's always ready to play. She switches from one game to another. Playing with this group of hatchlings, then that group a few minutes later. She even plays in the water with the undines. Eventually, she wears herself out and naps for a long while. Then the cycle repeats again.