Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It is so full of energy that you have a hard time keeping up with it.

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.

Rodney is very fleet-footed and almost impossible to catch once he gets going. Not even Aradia, whose ground speed is nearly unrivaled, can catch him if he's going at full speed. Rodney is jumpy and skittish, and as such finds it hard to make friends within the cave. Oftentimes, he will go flying alone, just to be with his thoughts, of which there are many from this introspective little hatchling.