"They're... different? Much smaller, for one. A little larger than the pegasi and horses the rest of us mounted troops use. But they're also not as temperamental - or so I'm assuming. One's never tried to set me on fire before, at least. They still very much have attitudes, though, but so do my chargers."

"Most of the riders I've known have raised them from hatchlings, too, so they're close. Maybe that makes them quicker to trust and like us?"

He's clearly not one that rode one himself. He's been up on one a few times - his training classes required at least some experience with them, but Sylvain was better at melee fighting, not ranged or magic, so flying mounts were a bad fit for him.