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.~«;%¤#### «CLINKLE«   .        .       .         . ####¤%;«~.
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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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