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#@@#$§/~:¨ ~CLINKLE~   ¨        ¨      ¨          ¨ ¨:~/§$#@@#
###@#§/~:¨ ¨  ¨  ~CLINKLE~    ¨      ¨            ¨ ¨:~/§#@###
##@#$§/~:¨ ¨¨  ¨  ¨ ¨    ¨¨ ¨¨¨   ¨     ¨¨  ~CLINK~ ¨:~/§$#@##
#$§/:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨  ¨¨¨¨    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨    ¨         ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:/§$#
###§/~:¨¨¨ ¨      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~CLIRR~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   ¨   ¨ ¨¨¨:~/§###
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##@#$§/~:¨  THE HUMIDITY IN THE CAVE AIR CONDENSE   ¨:~/§$#@##
##§~::¨¨¨¨  INTO DROPLETS IN THE ROOF OF THE HALL,  ¨¨¨¨::~§##
####$§/~:¨   AND IS THEN SLOWLY CARRIED DOWN THE    ¨:~/§$####
#$//~~:¨¨¨   ARCHES, WHERE THE DROPS MELT TOGETHER  ¨¨¨:~~//$#
##@#$§/~:¨ ¨ UNTIL THEY'RE  FINALLY TO  HEAVY TO  ¨ ¨:~/§$#@##
##@#$§/~:¨   CLING. A FEW SECONDS IN THE AIR, THEN  ¨:~/§$#@##
##@#$§/~:¨  THEY HIT THE CRYSTALS THAT HAVE INVADED ¨:~/§$#@##
##@#$§/~:¨ ¨    ¨    THE    STONE   FLOOR.    ¨   ¨ ¨:~/§$#@##
##@#$§/~:¨ ¨     ¨             ¨            ¨     ¨ ¨:~/§$#@##
##@#$§/~:¨     THE CRYSTALS ARE SCALES, FROM THE    ¨:~/§$#@##
@###$§/~:¨   DRAGON. THEY LOOK LIKE ICE, BUT THEY   ¨:~/§$###@
##@#$§/~:¨ ARE NOT. DRAGON SCALES ARE MADE OF NAIL  ¨:~/§$#@##
####$§/~:¨    TISSUE, AND ON THE DRAGON THAT MADE   ¨:~/§$####
##@#$§/~:¨    THESE, IT IS HEAVILY INFUSED WITH     ¨:~/§$#@##
@@##$§/~:¨ QUARTZ. IN THE FAINT LIGHT OF THE CAVE,  ¨:~/§$##@@
##@#$§/~:¨       THEY SHIMMER PINK AND TEAL.        ¨:~/§$#@##
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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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