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#@#**\~,,, ~clinkle~ , , , , ,,,~\**#@#
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#@#**\~,,, ,, , , , ,, ,,, , ,, ~clink~ ,,,~\**#@#
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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. ,,~\**#@##
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@#**\~,,,, 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. ,,,,~\**#@
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@#**\~,,,, it is dreaming about you... ,,,,~\**#@
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