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###@$§\-~. .. . . . .. ... . .. -clink- .~-\§$@###
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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 .......-§@
###@$§\-~. quartz. in the faint light of the cave, .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. they shimmer pink and teal. .~-\§$@###
##@@$§\-~. .~-\§$@@##
###@$§\-~. the dragon is translucent like the .~-\§$@###
##@@$§\-~. scales, and as it lies in the middle of .~-\§$@@##
###@$§\-~. the hall it looks little more than a .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. bump in the pile. when awake, when .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. soaring, it becomes a facet of the sky .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. itself. but here and now it is asleep, .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. and dreaming. .~-\§$@###
###@$§\-~. .~-\§$@###
#@@@$§\-~. it is dreaming about you... .~-\§$@@@#
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###@$§\-~. .~-\§$@###
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