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¨,~†**¤#@# #@#¤**†~,¨
¨,~†**¤@## ~clinkle~ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ##@¤**†~,¨
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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. @¤**†~¨¨¨¨
¨,~†**¤¤## ##¤¤**†~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~**¤ 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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