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.......,~/ .. . . . .. ... . .. ~CLINK~ /~,.......
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.....,~/** . ...........~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. . . ..........
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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. &**/~,....
...,~/**&@ @&**/~,...
..,~/**&@# 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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