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¨.=*=¤¤¤¤# #¤¤¤¤=*=.¨
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¨.=*=¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤=*=.¨
¨.=*=¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤=*=.¨
¨.=*=¤¤¶## =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... ##¶¤¤=*=.¨
¨.=*=¤¤¤¶¶ ¶¶¤¤¤=*=.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨===¤ ¤===¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.=*=¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤=*=.¨
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