,,,,,,~=&# #&=~,,,,,,
,,~/=$&#@# #@#&$=/~,,
,,~/=$&#@@ @@#&$=/~,,
,,~/=&#@## ##@#&=/~,,
,,,,,//$&# #&$//,,,,,
,,,,~==$&# ~clinkle~ , , , , #&$==~,,,,
,,,,~///=& , , ~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, &=/,,,,,,,
,,~/=$&### and dreaming. ###&$=/~,,
,,~/=$&#@# #@#&$=/~,,
,,~/=$&##@ it is dreaming about you... @##&$=/~,,
,,,,~~~=&& &&=~~~,,,,
,,,,/==$&& &&$==/,,,,
,,~//==$&& &&$==//~,,
,,~/$&#@## ##@#&$/~,,
,,~/=$&### ###&$=/~,,