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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  §%††~.....
.,~†$%§###  ITSELF. BUT HERE AND NOW IT IS ASLEEP,  ###§%$†~,.
......~$§§               AND DREAMING.              §§$~......
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.....,,†%#        IT IS DREAMING ABOUT YOU...       #%†,,.....
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