,,,,,~~\%¤ ¤%\~~,,,,,
,~~\†%¤@## ##@¤%†\~~,
,~~\†¤@### ###@¤†\~~,
,,,,,~~\†¤ ¤†\~~,,,,,
,~~\†%%%@# #@%%%†\~~,
,,,,,,~\†¤ ~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... ¤††\~,,,,,
,~~\†%¤@## ##@¤%†\~~,
,~~~\†%¤¤¤ ¤¤¤%†\~~~,
,,~~~\†¤¤¤ ¤¤¤†\~~~,,
,,,,,~\†¤# #¤†\~,,,,,
,~~\†%¤@## ##@¤%†\~~,