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###¤%^/~:. ~clinkle~  .       .      .            . .:~/^%¤###
##¤%^/~:.. .   .  ~clinkle~     .     .           . ..:~/^%¤##
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###¤%^/~:. .      ...........~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.        ..:~/^%¤##
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##¤%^/~:..    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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