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###&%*/«^¨ «CLINKLE«   ¨       ¨       ¨          ¨ ¨^«/*%&###
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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.    ¨   ¨ ¨^«/*%&&##
###&%*/«^¨ ¨    ¨              ¨             ¨    ¨ ¨^«/*%&###
####&%*/^¨    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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