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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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