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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... @@#*/,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~~***# #***~~,¨¨¨
¨,~/**#@## ##@#**/~,¨
¨,~/**#@@@ @@@#**/~,¨
¨,~/**@### ###@**/~,¨
¨,~/**#@## ##@#**/~,¨