Oh, no, not at all! They're big and scaly and look kind of like miniature dragons. They can be pretty intimidating as adults - they're usually around twenty feet long, and a wingspan to match. They've got flat yellow eyes and horns that kind of look like antlers, or branches. Teeth like an alligator's, and pretty big claws on their feet. And when they growl, it's like thunder you can feel in your chest.
Hatchlings, though...they're a lot cuter! Not too much different in looks, but when they're small it's all a lot less intimidating. They're usually pretty clingy, too, especially before they can fly, since they know they're pretty helpless. The noises they make when they're tiny are a lot cuter, too.
But yeah, there's nothing colorful or harmless or innocent about the looks of wyverns back home, not the way some pokémon here look. People who aren't familiar with wyverns tend to be nervous around them.
That said, I can't say I waited until I was seven before flying out of patience. I had to wait for Mori to be big and strong enough that he could get off the ground with me. Wyverns grow faster than humans, but not that much faster; they can live really long lives. So it's not just for the human's benefit that my people generally don't start riding before ten years old. But just like I thought I could handle a wyvern at that age, Mori was really eager to show me he could fly with me.
As for scars from that incident, no! Honestly, I got off a lot easier riding underage than I did with my parents when they found out about it...my mother's a terrifying woman when she's mad.
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Hatchlings, though...they're a lot cuter! Not too much different in looks, but when they're small it's all a lot less intimidating. They're usually pretty clingy, too, especially before they can fly, since they know they're pretty helpless. The noises they make when they're tiny are a lot cuter, too.
But yeah, there's nothing colorful or harmless or innocent about the looks of wyverns back home, not the way some pokémon here look. People who aren't familiar with wyverns tend to be nervous around them.
That said, I can't say I waited until I was seven before flying out of patience. I had to wait for Mori to be big and strong enough that he could get off the ground with me. Wyverns grow faster than humans, but not that much faster; they can live really long lives. So it's not just for the human's benefit that my people generally don't start riding before ten years old. But just like I thought I could handle a wyvern at that age, Mori was really eager to show me he could fly with me.
As for scars from that incident, no! Honestly, I got off a lot easier riding underage than I did with my parents when they found out about it...my mother's a terrifying woman when she's mad.