.,~:=@####                                          ####@=:~,.
.,~:=@####                                          ####@=:~,.
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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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.,~:=@####                                          ####@=:~,.
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