...,~~†@@@ @@@†~~,...
.,~:†@@@@@ @@@@@†:~,.
.,~:†@§@## ##@§@†:~,.
.,~:†@§@@@ @@@§@†:~,.
.,~:†@§@## ##@§@†:~,.
.,~:†@§@@@ ~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... @@§§@†:~,.
.,~:†@@§§@ @§§@@†:~,.
.,~:†@§@@# #@@§@†:~,.
.,~:†@§@@# #@@§@†:~,.
,~:†@§@@## ##@@§@†:~,
.,~:†@§@@@ @@@§@†:~,.