Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It gives off a glow that lights up the cave.

Look, it’s grown frills, and the glow around it has become even brighter.

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.

The blue of a western jay, the long hackle-feathers of egrets, the tiny, shimmering shreds of hummingbird feathers: Tsipora loves them all. She's a collector of beautiful things by nature, and as the child of bird-watching parents, feathers were her natural impulse. With her collection of feathers about her, she becomes a little vain, but also very energetic and talkative in a way she usually isn't. It helps her stay close to her family, and organizing them is a form of meditation for her.

She sometimes gets her feathers turned into jewelry, something that also lets her bond with the bauble-obsessed glassblower Hyali. The two of them come up with the designs for her feather jewelry, and many of her pieces feature Hyali's lovely beads, lighting up Tsiporas face and making her very sure of her own beauty.