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^=........ .  .   =CLINKLE=     .     .           . ........=^
=^=....... ..   .  . .   .. ...  .     ..   =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   .......=^=
$=^=......  ARE NOT. DRAGON SCALES ARE MADE OF NAIL ......=^=$
§$=^=.....    TISSUE, AND ON THE DRAGON THAT MADE   .....=^=$§
@§$=^=....     THESE, IT IS HEAVILY INFUSED WITH    ....=^=$§@
#@§$=^=...  QUARTZ. IN THE FAINT LIGHT OF THE CAVE, ...=^=$§@#
##@§$=^=..       THEY SHIMMER PINK AND TEAL.        ..=^=$§@##
#@§$=^=...                                          ...=^=$§@#
@§$=^=....    THE DRAGON IS TRANSLUCENT LIKE THE    ....=^=$§@
§$=^=..... SCALES, AND AS IT LIES IN THE MIDDLE OF  .....=^=$§
$=^=......   THE HALL IT LOOKS LITTLE MORE THAN A   ......=^=$
=^=.......    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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