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¨-»:§&§#@# #@#§&§:»-¨
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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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