@§§§¤^/~~. .~~/^¤§§§@
@@§^/~.... ....~/^§@@
#@@§¤^/~~. .~~/^¤§@@#
@§§¤//~~.. ..~~//¤§§@
@@@§¤^/~~. .~~/^¤§@@@
#@@§¤^/~~. ~clinkle~ . . . . .~~/^¤§@@#
@@¤/~~~~.. . . ~clinkle~ . . . ..~~~~/¤@@
@¤^~...... .. . . . .. ... . .. ~clink~ ......~^¤@
#@@§¤^/~~. . .... .......... ... . . .~~/^¤§@@#
@¤/~~..... . ...........~clirr~....... . . .....~~/¤@
§¤¤¤¤^/~~. . . ...................... . . .~~/^¤¤¤¤§
§§§§¤^/~~. . . ............ . . .~~/^¤§§§§
#@@§¤^/~~. . . ..... . . .~~/^¤§@@#
##@@§¤^/~. . . . . . .~/^¤§@@##
##@@§¤/~~. . . .~~/¤§@@##
#@@§¤^/~~. the humidity in the cave air condense .~~/^¤§@@#
##@§¤^/~~. into droplets in the roof of the hall, .~~/^¤§@##
#@@§¤^/~~. and is then slowly carried down the .~~/^¤§@@#
§¤¤¤^^/~~. arches, where the drops melt together .~~/^^¤¤¤§
#@@§¤^/~~. . until they're finally to heavy to . .~~/^¤§@@#
§^///~~~.. cling. a few seconds in the air, then ..~~~///^§
##@§¤^/~~. they hit the crystals that have invaded .~~/^¤§@##
@¤¤¤^^/~~. . . the stone floor. . . .~~/^^¤¤¤@
@@@§¤^/~~. . . . . . .~~/^¤§@@@
§§§§¤^/~~. the crystals are scales, from the .~~/^¤§§§§
§§^~~..... dragon. they look like ice, but they .....~~^§§
@¤/~~~~... are not. dragon scales are made of nail ...~~~~/¤@
##@@§¤^~~. tissue, and on the dragon that made .~~^¤§@@##
§¤¤^~..... these, it is heavily infused with .....~^¤¤§
@@§^~~~... quartz. in the faint light of the cave, ...~~~^§@@
#@@§¤^/~~. they shimmer pink and teal. .~~/^¤§@@#
@@@§¤^/~~. .~~/^¤§@@@
@@¤^~~.... the dragon is translucent like the ....~~^¤@@
@¤¤//~.... scales, and as it lies in the middle of ....~//¤¤@
##@§¤^/~~. the hall it looks little more than a .~~/^¤§@##
@@§^//~... bump in the pile. when awake, when ...~//^§@@
#@@§¤^/~~. soaring, it becomes a facet of the sky .~~/^¤§@@#
##@§¤^/~~. itself. but here and now it is asleep, .~~/^¤§@##
§^^//~~... and dreaming. ...~~//^^§
##@@¤^/~~. .~~/^¤@@##
##@@¤^/~~. it is dreaming about you... .~~/^¤@@##
@@¤^~..... .....~^¤@@
@@¤¤¤^/~~. .~~/^¤¤¤@@
##@§¤^/~~. .~~/^¤§@##
#@@§¤^/~~. .~~/^¤§@@#
@§¤//~~... ...~~//¤§@