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..~:§¤#¶@# . . ~CLINKLE~ . . . #@¶#¤§:~..
..~:§¤#¶@# .. . . . .. ... . .. ~CLINK~ #@¶#¤§:~..
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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. ##@¶¤§:~..
....~::§¤# #¤§::~....
..~:§¤#¶@@ 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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