,,,,,,~~%# #%~~,,,,,,
,,,,~~~~%# #%~~~~,,,,
,~~:%$#@@# #@@#$%:~~,
,~~:%$#@@# #@@#$%:~~,
,~~:%$#@@# #@@#$%:~~,
,,,,,,~:%# ~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 @@#%~~,,,,
,~~:%$#@## ITSELF. BUT HERE AND NOW IT IS ASLEEP, ##@#$%:~~,
,~~:%$$### AND DREAMING. ###$$%:~~,
,,,~~:$### ###$:~~,,,
,~~:%$#@@# IT IS DREAMING ABOUT YOU... #@@#$%:~~,
,~~:%$#@## ##@#$%:~~,
,~~:%%%##@ @##%%%:~~,
,,,,,,,~%# #%~,,,,,,,
,~~:%$$$#@ @#$$$%:~~,
,~~:%$@@## ##@@$%:~~,