It didn't know what it was doing. It's only starting to realize the damage it can do.
[It's not that Castiel doesn't have an understanding of just how dangerous a dragon can be, but this one is still very young -- newly hatched, even.
Can dragons be domesticated? He has no idea. But if they put it in an environment that's nothing like Purgatory, where it doesn't have to fight for its survival, it's possible it could grow up tame.
The size it might grow to is the more pressing issue, but when Castiel realizes that he's actually considering ways in which they can keep the monster that just scorched his hand, he pulls away from it and glances back to Dean.]
... Let's focus on getting back to the bunker for now. [They can deal with the rest of this mess after that.]
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[It's not that Castiel doesn't have an understanding of just how dangerous a dragon can be, but this one is still very young -- newly hatched, even.
Can dragons be domesticated? He has no idea. But if they put it in an environment that's nothing like Purgatory, where it doesn't have to fight for its survival, it's possible it could grow up tame.
The size it might grow to is the more pressing issue, but when Castiel realizes that he's actually considering ways in which they can keep the monster that just scorched his hand, he pulls away from it and glances back to Dean.]
... Let's focus on getting back to the bunker for now. [They can deal with the rest of this mess after that.]