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...~==@§## ~CLINKLE~    .      .        .         . ##§@==~...
..~==@§### .  .  ~CLINKLE~    .     .             . ###§@==~..
...~==@§## ..  .  . .  ..  ...    .     ..  ~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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