It was no surprise that he was almost always hungry, and without devouring enough meat to feed seven grown men, he couldn't satiate his hunger. His dragons also ate only raw meat that was burnt by their flames and grew rapidly. When they hatched, they were only as big as a large domestic cat. In just three days, they had almost doubled in size. All three hatchlings were quite prickly, but they generally listened to any command he sent via the mental link, compared to Ghost, who was naturally quite obedient. The biggest of the dragons, however, simply refused to leave him and followed him wherever he went, never letting him out of his sight for a moment.