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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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