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;~^....... ~CLINKLE~  .        .      .           . .......^~;
*;~^...... .  .  ~CLINKLE~     .    .             . ......^~;*
§*;~^..... ..  . . .  .. ...   .      ..    ~CLINK~ .....^~;*§
§§*;~^.... .  ....    ..........  ...    .        . ....^~;*§§
#§§*;~^... .      ...........~CLIRR~.......   .   . ...^~;*§§#
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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.       ..^~;*§§##
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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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