Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has a large, shield-like object at the end of its tail that it uses for protection.

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.

Stubborn Sentinel is a determined little boy that refuses to leave his human's side.  He believes that she is his mother, and is only mildly concerned that she does not appear to have wings.  She once attempted to give him a new home, and he followed her back five consecutive times, until she simply laughed, and gave him his name.