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**/~~..... .. . . . .. ... . .. ~CLINK~ .....~~/**
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#@**/~~... . ...........~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. . . ..~~/**@##
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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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