.~-:^$@### ###@$^:-~.
.~-:^$@### ###@$^:-~.
.......-^@ @^-.......
....~:^^@@ @@^^:~....
......-^$# #$^-......
....~:$$@# -CLINKLE- . . . . #@$$:~....
.~-:^$$$## . . -CLINKLE- . . . ##$$$^:-~.
.~-:^$@### .. . . . .. ... . .. -CLINK- ###@$^:-~.
......~:^@ . .... .......... ... . . @^:~......
.~-:^$@### . ...........-CLIRR-....... . . ###@$^:-~.
.~-:^$@### . . ...................... . . ###@$^:-~.
.~---^^$@# . . ............ . . #@$^^---~.
......~:$@ . . ..... . . @$:~......
.~-::^^^@# . . . . . #@^^^::-~.
......-:$@ . . @$:-......
.~-:::^@## 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. @^^::~....
.~-:::$@## ##@$:::-~.
.....~:$$# IT IS DREAMING ABOUT YOU... #$$:~.....
.~-:^$@### ###@$^:-~.
....~~:^@# #@^:~~....
......~:^@ @^:~......
......~:$# #$:~......
.~-:^$@### ###@$^:-~.