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......\@@@ . . «clinkle« . . . @@@\......
..«\§@¤@## .. . . . .. ... . .. «clink« ##@¤@§\«..
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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. ##@¤@§\«..
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...«««\@@# it is dreaming about you... #@@\«««...
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