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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    ,,,,,,~«^%
$%^«~,,,,,  ARCHES, WHERE THE DROPS MELT TOGETHER   ,,,,,~«^%$
#$%^«~,,,, , UNTIL THEY'RE  FINALLY  TO  HEAVY TO , ,,,,~«^%$#
##$%^«~,,,  CLING. A FEW SECONDS IN THE AIR, THEN   ,,,~«^%$##
@##$%^«~,, THEY HIT THE CRYSTALS THAT HAVE INVADED  ,,~«^%$##@
#@##$%^«~, ,    ,    THE    STONE   FLOOR.   ,    , ,~«^%$##@#
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##$%^«~,,,     THE CRYSTALS ARE SCALES, FROM THE    ,,,~«^%$##
#$%^«~,,,,   DRAGON. THEY LOOK LIKE ICE, BUT THEY   ,,,,~«^%$#
$%^«~,,,,, ARE NOT. DRAGON SCALES ARE MADE OF NAIL  ,,,,,~«^%$
%^«~,,,,,,    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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