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.....:~†$* ~clinkle~  .      .        .           . *$†~:.....
....:~†$*§ .   .  ~clinkle~     .     .           . §*$†~:....
...:~†$*§# ..  . . .    .. ...   .      ..  ~clink~ #§*$†~:...
..:~†$*§## .  ....    ..........  ...   .         . ##§*$†~:..
.:~†$*§### .      ...........~clirr~.......   .   . ###§*$†~:.
..:~†$*§## .    .    ......................   .   . ##§*$†~:..
...:~†$*§# .      .      ............      .      . #§*$†~:...
....:~†$*§ .        .        .....        .       . §*$†~:....
.....:~†$* .         .         .        .         . *$†~:.....
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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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