¨,~;*$&¶## ##¶&$*;~,¨
¨¨¨¨,~;*&& &&*;~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~;*$¶ ¶$*;~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~;*$&&¶# #¶&&$*;~,¨
¨,~;;;**&& &&**;;;~,¨
¨,~;*$&¶## ~clinkle~ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ##¶&$*;~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~*&# ¨ ¨ ~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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