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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.       @¶§@†==-..
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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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