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~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~clinkle~ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
=~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ~clinkle~ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~=
==~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨ ¨¨¨ ¨ ¨¨ ~clink~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~==
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨:~==¤
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#@¤==~:¨¨¨ 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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