"Interesting to consider" Caex said. He looked at Auryn. "Male dracons grow in two main phases. First, he'll grow fairly quickly, but slow down at about age three. Then, when he is fourteen, our son will really start shooting up. He'll get stronger at that time too. Much, much stronger."

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"Me too, but we can't rush it" Larek cautioned.

"I sure hope so. I don't see what we are doing wrong" Kos sighed.

"We're going to see family. You'll probably have to take it off again when you get there" Veax said, smiling.

After a while, they were done stretching. Orna let out a long sigh. "That's much better. Nice and loose."