,,~»:%$&¶# #¶&$%:»~,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,,,~»:%$& &$%:»~,,,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,~»:%$&¶# #¶&$%:»~,,
,~»:%$&¶## »clinkle» , , , , ##¶&$%:»~,
,,~»:%$&¶# , , »clinkle» , , , #¶&$%:»~,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ ,, , , , ,, ,,, , ,, »clink» ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,,,~»:%$& , ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,, , , &$%:»~,,,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ , ,,,,,,,,,,,»clirr»,,,,,,, , , ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,~»:%$&¶# , , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , , #¶&$%:»~,,
,~»:%$&¶## , , ,,,,,,,,,,,, , , ##¶&$%:»~,
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,,,~»:%$&¶ , , , , , ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,,,~»:%$& , , &$%:»~,,,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ the humidity in the cave air condense ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,~»:%$&¶# into droplets in the roof of the hall, #¶&$%:»~,,
,~»:%$&¶## and is then slowly carried down the ##¶&$%:»~,
,,~»:%$&¶# arches, where the drops melt together #¶&$%:»~,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ , until they're finally to heavy to , ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,,,~»:%$& cling. a few seconds in the air, then &$%:»~,,,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ they hit the crystals that have invaded ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,~»:%$&¶# , , the stone floor. , , #¶&$%:»~,,
,~»:%$&¶## , , , , , ##¶&$%:»~,
,,~»:%$&¶# the crystals are scales, from the #¶&$%:»~,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ dragon. they look like ice, but they ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,,,~»:%$& are not. dragon scales are made of nail &$%:»~,,,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ tissue, and on the dragon that made ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,~»:%$&¶# these, it is heavily infused with #¶&$%:»~,,
,~»:%$&¶## quartz. in the faint light of the cave, ##¶&$%:»~,
,,~»:%$&¶# they shimmer pink and teal. #¶&$%:»~,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,,,~»:%$& the dragon is translucent like the &$%:»~,,,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ scales, and as it lies in the middle of ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,~»:%$&¶# the hall it looks little more than a #¶&$%:»~,,
,~»:%$&¶## bump in the pile. when awake, when ##¶&$%:»~,
,,~»:%$&¶# soaring, it becomes a facet of the sky #¶&$%:»~,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ itself. but here and now it is asleep, ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,,,~»:%$& and dreaming. &$%:»~,,,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,~»:%$&¶# it is dreaming about you... #¶&$%:»~,,
,~»:%$&¶## ##¶&$%:»~,
,,~»:%$&¶# #¶&$%:»~,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ ¶&$%:»~,,,
,,,,~»:%$& &$%:»~,,,,
,,,~»:%$&¶ ¶&$%:»~,,,