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.....~%@¤@ ~clinkle~ . . . . @¤@%~.....
......~%@¤ . . ~clinkle~ . . . ¤@%~......
.......~%@ .. . . . .. ... . .. ~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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