.--~\%%¤¤¤ ¤¤¤%%\~--.
.-~\$¤@@## ##@@¤$\~-.
.-~\%$¤@@@ @@@¤$%\~-.
.-~\%$¤@@@ @@@¤$%\~-.
.-~\%$¤@@# #@@¤$%\~-.
.-~~\\\%¤¤ ~clinkle~ . . . . ¤¤%\\\~~-.
.-~\%$¤@@# . . ~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... @¤¤%\~---.
.-~\%$¤@@# #@@¤$%\~-.
.-~~\\%%%¤ ¤%%%\\~~-.
.-~\%$¤@@@ @@@¤$%\~-.
.-~\%$¤@@# #@@¤$%\~-.
.--~~~%$@@ @@$%~~~--.