..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........
:.........                                          .........:
=:........                                          ........:=
^=:....... =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...        ......:=^†
^=:.......                                          .......:=^
=:........                                          ........:=
:.........                                          .........:
..........                                          ..........
..........                                          ..........