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.,~**%#¶¶@ ~CLINKLE~  .       .       .           . @¶¶#%**~,.
.,~**%¶@## .  .   ~CLINKLE~     .    .            . ##@¶%**~,.
.,~**%#¶¶¶ ..  . . .    ..  ...  .      ..  ~CLINK~ ¶¶¶#%**~,.
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...~~~*%## .      ...........~CLIRR~.......   .   . ##%*~~~...
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.,~**%#@## .      .      ............      .      . ##@#%**~,.
.,~****%#¶ .        .        .....        .       . ¶#%****~,.
.,~**%#¶## .         .         .         .        . ##¶#%**~,.
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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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