Have we been capitalizing enough on the prime real estate that is Possessive Dragons? All the dragons are in Cale's unintentional thrall on some level. Gift-giving, secret lair tours, hunting for him, protection magic, posing as a guard, all of that is good.
But (and this may be my past fandoms showing) shouldn't we... Have a few ideas about them deciding that Cale is theirs and chewing on the thought that Cale... should be like them?
A brief, collective intrusive thought passed around that... Shouldn't Cale be free like a Dragon? He already seems so similar aside from his frail lack of mana. Commanding, calm, powerful, unbeholden to the divine or the demonic... To a generation of dragons so far from a living Lord, he alone has the power to command them as such. They are slowly striving for a future filled with connection and they want him there.
Unblinking reptilian eyes stare at Cale lying between gold coins and plush sheets, breathing shallowly with sleep. Completely unbothered by the attention of such mighty beings as Raon curls around his head. Unknowing of thoughts of berry-red scales and slitted brown eyes. The Dragon Half Blood next to him flinches in his sleep but settles down at Cale's body curling closer. Dodori's grasp tightens on Cale's sleeve in protest, a snore soon following. A little hoard of dragon children sleeping the evening away while the adults brood silently...