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=»^....... ..   .  . .   .. ...  .      ..  »CLINK» .......^»=
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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.   .    . ....^»=%§@
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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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