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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. ¶¶@@*~^...
.^~\\**@¶¶ ¶¶@**\\~^.
....^\*@@¶ it is dreaming about you... ¶@@*\^....
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