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#@&&%/«...                                          ...«/%&&@#
##@&&%/«..                                          ..«/%&&@##
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@&&%/«.... «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...       ...«/%&&@#
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