,,,-~†^% #&%^†~-,,,
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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. ###&%^†~-,
,,-~†^%# ##&%^†~-,,
,,,-~†^% 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. †~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~†^ ^†~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~†^% IT IS DREAMING ABOUT YOU... %^†~-,,,,,
,,,,-~†^%& &%^†~-,,,,
,,,-~†^% #&%^†~-,,,
,,-~†^%# ##&%^†~-,,
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