Yo, the baby looking at the mother (father?) dragon's remains dug up some sad memories from Pokemon, man. Reading this while listening to shakuhachi music was a bad idea.
But, hey! At least the ship is sailing! Go get your boss, Chloe-chan!
I think these thieves are too stupid and generally too kind-hearted to be thieves. They took the elfdragon baby out of the cage (I think because it looked sad inside the cage?)