...~«*%§§@                                          @§§%*«~...
.~«**%§@##                                          ##@§%**«~.
.~«**%%%§#                                          #§%%%**«~.
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.~«**%§@##                                          ##@§%**«~.
.~«**%§@## «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...       ##@§%**«~.
......~«*§                                          §*«~......
....~«*%§#                                          #§%*«~....
.~«*%§@###                                          ###@§%*«~.
..~~~****§                                          §****~~~..
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