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¨¨¨¨¨¨,*§@ ~clinkle~ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ @§*,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,~*§*@¶## ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ##¶@*§*~,¨
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¨¨¨¨~*§§*@ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ @*§§*~¨¨¨¨
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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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