Kitten laughs, clicks and chirps that sound like a chuckle. She waves a forefoot in dismissal of the apology. Her whistles and the gesture both say, 'Don't worry about it.' No apology is needed. The attempt is as important to Kitten as its success or lack thereof. Besides, some of his verbal missteps may turn out to be very funny.

As for the wings, she nods eagerly. It's obvious just from looking that Kitten's natural wings are still much too small to bear her in flight, but dragons are flying creatures even so. Kitten loves it, at home in the air already.