Aww... It’s a cute baby drake. When you try to look directly at it—Aww... It’s a cute baby drake.

 When did it grow wings? Aww, it’s a cute baby drake...

Young drakes 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 marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own.

Something-something wossname Ryuu, Ryuu for short, has a really, really long name. His owners insist upon it. A lengthy name connotes honor—of course, that's why King Gerhard Johan Cato Sibelius ........ Gottfried Nathaniel Scott was given his moniker, and as the princess's drake, it's understandable why the royal family would want their beloved pet to have a long name as well. The problem is that no one can remember all of it, especially in the presence of Something umm something something Ryuu. It's almost impossible to speak in complete sentences around him because his effect on the flow of time in the vicinity usually causes them to repeat themselves or jumble their thoughts.