[ He absolutely stopped maturing at age seventeen. Poor, poor Claire.

For a long moment, he thinks over how to proceed. Eventually, his mouth curves downward. ]

A deformed little creature. Breathes fire, but it's no dragon. [ Why is it always fire? ] I followed it here to stop it from singeing anyone else.

[ That leaves out the part of the story where he was snooping in the lab and accidentally brought a stowaway back with him, of course. ]