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.,=*†%@@## =clinkle=    .       .       .         . ##@@%†*=,.
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.,=*†%@@## ..    . . .   .. ...   .     ..  =clink= ##@@%†*=,.
.,=*†%@@@@ .  ....    ..........  ...    .        . @@@@%†*=,.
.,=*†%@@## .      ...........=clirr=.......   .   . ##@@%†*=,.
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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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