...,/†%%&£ £&%%†/,...
.,~/†%&£@# #@£&%†/~,.
.,~/†%&£@# #@£&%†/~,.
.,~/†%&££@ @££&%†/~,.
.,~/†%&@## ##@&%†/~,.
.,~/†%&£@# ~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... £&&%††/~,.
......~/%& &%/~......
...,//%%%& &%%%//,...
.....,,/%& &%/,,.....
....~/†&&@ @&&†/~....
.,~/†%&£@# #@£&%†/~,.