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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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