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.--†*$@### .   .  -clinkle-     .    .            . ###@$*†--.
.--†*$@### ..   . . .  .. ...    .     ..   -clink- ###@$*†--.
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.--†*$@### .      ...........-clirr-.......   .   . ###@$*†--.
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.--†*$@### .      .      ............      .      . ###@$*†--.
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.--†*$@### .        .         .         .         . ###@$*†--.
.--†*$@### .                                      . ###@$*†--.
.....-†*$#   the humidity in the cave air condense  #$*†-.....
......-†$@  into droplets in the roof of the hall,  @$†-......
.--†*$@###   and is then slowly carried down the    ###@$*†--.
.--†*$$@##   arches, where the drops melt together  ##@$$*†--.
.--†*$@### . until  they're  finally to heavy  to . ###@$*†--.
.......-*@   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,  @*††-----.
.--†*$@###              and dreaming.               ###@$*†--.
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......-†$#        it is dreaming about you...       #$†-......
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