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......-~*$ ~clinkle~ . . . . $*~-......
.....-~*$@ . . ~clinkle~ . . . @$*~-.....
....-~*$@¤ .. . . . .. ... . .. ~clink~ ¤@$*~-....
...-~*$@¤@ . .... .......... ... . . @¤@$*~-...
..-~*$@¤@# . ...........~clirr~....... . . #@¤@$*~-..
.-~*$@¤@## . . ...................... . . ##@¤@$*~-.
..-~*$@¤@# . . ............ . . #@¤@$*~-..
...-~*$@¤@ . . ..... . . @¤@$*~-...
....-~*$@¤ . . . . . ¤@$*~-....
.....-~*$@ . . @$*~-.....
......-~*$ the humidity in the cave air condense $*~-......
.......-~* into droplets in the roof of the hall, *~-.......
........-~ and is then slowly carried down the ~-........
.........- arches, where the drops melt together -.........
.......... . until they're finally to heavy to . ..........
.......... cling. a few seconds in the air, then ..........
.......... they hit the crystals that have invaded ..........
.......... . . the stone floor. . . ..........
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.........- the crystals are scales, from the -.........
........-~ dragon. they look like ice, but they ~-........
.......-~* are not. dragon scales are made of nail *~-.......
......-~*$ 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. *~-.......
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.........- it is dreaming about you... -.........
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