¤¤%»--.... ....--»%¤¤
@@¤¤†»-... ...-»†¤¤@@
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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... ....»%%¤¤¤
#@@¤¤%†»-. .-»†%¤¤@@#
¤¤¤¤¤%†»-. .-»†%¤¤¤¤¤
@@¤¤¤%†»-. .-»†%¤¤¤@@
@@@¤¤%†»-. .-»†%¤¤@@@
¤%%»»..... .....»»%%¤