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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ =CLINKLE=  ¨         ¨      ¨          ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨  ¨   =CLINKLE=      ¨     ¨          ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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.    ¨   ¨ ¨¨¨¨^=/*@@
@*/=^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨    ¨            ¨              ¨     ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^=/*@
*/=^¨¨¨¨¨¨     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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