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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... ¶¶@\~~^^..
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