That would be really uncomfortable. Then you'd have a normal leg and all the other limbs of a dragon. Plus Kija needs to try extra hard sometimes.
Well, he hadn't eaten well the first time he tried, but he didn't get very far in other occasions. [...] But he ate less back then than when you met him. [GASP] Maybe he's stronger now...? Does it work like that? The more you eat, the stronger you are?