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..-~^§%#¶# ~clinkle~    .       .       .         . #¶#%§^~-..
.-~^§%#¶## .   .  ~clinkle~     .     .           . ##¶#%§^~-.
..-~^§%#¶# ..   . .  .  .. ...   .     ..   ~clink~ #¶#%§^~-..
.-~^§%#¶## .  ....    ..........  ...   .         . ##¶#%§^~-.
..-~^§%#¶# .      ...........~clirr~.......   .   . #¶#%§^~-..
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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.       ##¶#%§^~-.
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.-~^§%#¶##    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.               ##¶#%§^~-.
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.-~^§%#¶##        it is dreaming about you...       ##¶#%§^~-.
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