Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It enjoys swimming in a nearby pond.

And look! Its fins and tail have gotten bigger, and you’ve moved it to a larger body of water to swim in. 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 wise elder dragon once said, "It is nothing to be a big fish in a small pond; I would rather be a little fish in a big pond." And so, despite the cruel spell cast upon Pacifica that dooms her to eternally remain a hatchling, she comforts herself, knowing that even if she is a very small dragon, she lives in a very big cave.