;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~;
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~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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