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.-~///*#¶¶ ~clinkle~   .       .      .           . ¶¶#*///~-.
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.-~/*$#¶@# .    .   ......................    .   . #@¶#$*/~-.
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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    ¶##*///~-.
...-//$$¶@ scales, and as it lies in the middle of  @¶$$//-...
.-~/*$#¶@#   the hall it looks little more than a   #@¶#$*/~-.
.....~*$$#    bump in the pile. when awake, when    #$$*~.....
.-~/*$#¶##  soaring, it becomes a facet of the sky  ##¶#$*/~-.
.-~/*$#¶@#  itself. but here and now it is asleep,  #@¶#$*/~-.
.-~/*$#¶@#               and dreaming.              #@¶#$*/~-.
.....~//$¶                                          ¶$//~.....
.-~/*$¶@##       it is dreaming about you...        ##@¶$*/~-.
.-~/*$#¶@#                                          #@¶#$*/~-.
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