Devaguea paused as he spotted the hatchling, but after a few more steps realized he wasn't a sleeping hatchling, his body proportions were all wrong. Now the paranoia made entirely too much sense, as something had happened to badly injure that dragon if he had shrunk. A dragon's size was directly related to how much magic their body had absorbed, and extracting that magic was normally fatal. Devaguea did warn Allison again about asking too many before settling in to greet the family. This was just a formal greeting, introducing the two leaders and the person most likely to pester them, to answer any questions they might have and let them know about various rules they might not be aware of. All told, he didn't expect it to take longer than an hour.