.~~††**%@# #@%**††~~.
.~~†*%@### ###@%*†~~.
...~†*%@@# #@@%*†~...
.~~†*%%@## ##@%%*†~~.
.~~†*%@### ###@%*†~~.
.~~†*%@### ~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... ###@%*†~~.
.~~†%@#### ####@%†~~.
.~~†*%@### ###@%*†~~.
.~~†*%@### ###@%*†~~.
....~††%## ##%††~....
.~~†*%@### ###@%*†~~.