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##@¤%**~.. ~clinkle~ . . . . ..~**%¤@##
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##@@¤%*~.. .. . . . .. ... . .. ~clink~ ..~*%¤@@##
##@@%**~.. . .... .......... ... . . ..~**%@@##
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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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