§§¨¨¨§¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§§§§§§§ ~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...        ¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨
§§§§§§§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§§§§§§¨¨§§                                          §¨¨§§§§§¨¨
¨§§§§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨