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.....,::%# #%::,.....
.,~:^%#### ~CLINKLE~ . . . . ####%^:~,.
.....,:^%# . . ~CLINKLE~ . . . #%^:,.....
.....,~^%# .. . . . .. ... . .. ~CLINK~ #%^~,.....
.,~:^%#### . .... .......... ... . . ####%^:~,.
.,~:^%#### . ...........~CLIRR~....... . . ####%^:~,.
.,~~~:^^%# . . ...................... . . #%^^:~~~,.
......,:^# . . ............ . . #^:,......
.....,:%## . . ..... . . ##%:,.....
.,~:^%#### . . . . . ####%^:~,.
.,~:^%#### . . ####%^:~,.
.,~:^%#### 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. ##%:~.....
.,~:^%#### ####%^:~,.
.....,:%%# 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. ####%^:~,.
......,~^# #^~,......
.,~:^%#### IT IS DREAMING ABOUT YOU... ####%^:~,.
.,~:^%#### ####%^:~,.
..,~~:^^^# #^^^:~~,..
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