,......... .........,
-,........ ........,-
/-,....... .......,-/
%/-,...... ......,-/%
$%/-,..... .....,-/%$
¤$%/-,.... -clinkle- . . . . ....,-/%$¤
¶¤$%/-,... . . -clinkle- . . . ...,-/%$¤¶
#¶¤$%/-,.. .. . . . .. ... . .. -clink- ..,-/%$¤¶#
##¶¤$%/-,. . .... .......... ... . . .,-/%$¤¶##
#¶¤$%/-,.. . ...........-clirr-....... . . ..,-/%$¤¶#
¶¤$%/-,... . . ...................... . . ...,-/%$¤¶
¤$%/-,.... . . ............ . . ....,-/%$¤
$%/-,..... . . ..... . . .....,-/%$
%/-,...... . . . . . ......,-/%
/-,....... . . .......,-/
-,........ 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... .........,
-,........ ........,-
/-,....... .......,-/
%/-,...... ......,-/%
$%/-,..... .....,-/%$
¤$%/-,.... ....,-/%$¤