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*:«^...... «clinkle«   .       .      .           . ......^«:*
:«^....... .  .   «clinkle«     .     .           . .......^«:
«^........ ..   . . .  ..  ...   .     ..   «clink« ........^«
^......... .  ....    .......... ...   .          . .........^
.......... .      ...........«clirr«.......   .   . ..........
.......... .    .    ......................   .   . ..........
.......... .      .      ............      .      . ..........
.......... .        .       .....        .        . ..........
.......... .         .         .         .        . ..........
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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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