,-~\**§@## ##@§**\~-,
,,-~\**§@# #@§**\~-,,
,,,-~\**§@ @§**\~-,,,
,,-~\**§@# #@§**\~-,,
,-~\**§@## ##@§**\~-,
,,-~\**§@# ~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... ##@§**\~-,
,,-~\**§@# #@§**\~-,,
,,,-~\**§@ @§**\~-,,,
,,-~\**§@# #@§**\~-,,
,-~\**§@## ##@§**\~-,
,,-~\**§@# #@§**\~-,,