In their sleep they will grab anything that's within reach, and won't let it go. Not waking up in the process. They usually sleep hugging their own tail, pillow or blanket.
It's a reflex from distant past - their ancestors, predatory lizards, lived on high cliffs and trees in volcanic jungles. A harsh place to call home indeed. Lizards slept on those trees and rock walls - and, to keep them in place, they had to claw and hold onto whatever possible.
Time passed. Reflexes remained... Five seconds ago Arsul was sleeping peacefully.
