Aww... It’s a cute baby drake. Its dark colors resemble the night.

And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.

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.

Also Not a Blasted Bat is, in fact, also not a blasted bat, and just as disinclined to be mistaken for one as I'm Not a Blasted Bat. Also Not a Blasted Bat does not see the need to ever say more about himself, since his name pretty much says it all.