Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It likes to play in small piles of sand.

And look! Its wings have grown larger! 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.

Mizu no sukima flies through the sky with the greatest of ease. She loves the feel of the water skimming against her feet and tail. She dives down into the water to catch a small fish and feel the rush of the ocean as it glides past her skin.

Her name means water skimmer.