Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It seems to consume charcoal and ashes.

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.

This young dragon thinks she either knows or can readily figure out answers to anything life throws at her. Whenever anyone mentions something she does not like, points out an alternate viewpoint, or tries to get her to look at complexities of a situation, she just snorts out a sulfurous cloud to dismiss the idea.