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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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