Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It loves to chase butterflies.

And look, it has grown wings that release a faint, spicy scent when it waves them. It must be nearly mature.

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.

Pekoe loves to lie in warm spots in the sun all day. This is of course the best way to attract butterflies, and so he never lacks tasty snacks. Only when winter comes around, and he has to eat yucky other insects, he spends his time in one of the human houses close to the fire or on a windowsill, closing his eyes pretending it's summer again.