Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It perfectly depicts autumn weather.

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.

Farutome-Chan is unusually patient for a hatchling, which really helps him deal with some of the other hatchlings' behavior. He often likes venturing out of the cave in the late afternoon to play in the fallen leaves under the trees.