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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, ###††,,¨¨¨
¨,=††$$### and dreaming. ###$$††=,¨
¨,=††$#### ####$††=,¨
¨¨¨¨,==†$# it is dreaming about you... #$†==,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨=†††## ##†††=¨¨¨¨
¨,=††$#### ####$††=,¨
¨,=††$#### ####$††=,¨
¨,=†††$$$# #$$$†††=,¨
¨,=††$#### ####$††=,¨