"How long has he been hatched?" Hope stretched out her foot, toes, and wiggled the fuzzy covered digits lightly against the dark scales. She couldn't really feel his skin all that much, but it gave her an idea of what his scales did feel like.
She settled her hand on his chest. She paid more attention to him, his breathing, the beat of his heart. The tingling she felt from whatever it was that made him a wizard, which sent a little dingle down her spine in the most wonderful way.