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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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##@#§$^~~. .~~^$§#@##
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