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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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