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####$$^~:. ~CLINKLE~   .        .     .           . .:~^$$####
####$$^~:. .  .  ~CLINKLE~      .    .            . .:~^$$####
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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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