.....~/$&& &&$/~.....
.~~/=$&&&# #&&&$=/~~.
.~~/=$&### ###&$=/~~.
.~~/=$&### ###&$=/~~.
.~~/=$&&## ##&&$=/~~.
...~~~~=$# ~clinkle~ . . . . #$=~~~~...
..~~~~/==& . . ~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... &&==/~....
...~~///$# #$///~~...
....~~/=&# #&=/~~....
.~~~/=$$## ##$$=/~~~.
.~~/=$&### ###&$=/~~.
.~~///$&## ##&$///~~.