..=†*%&@## ##@&%*†=..
....††*%@# #@%*††....
..=†††*%&& &&%*†††=..
..=†*%&@## ##@&%*†=..
..=††****& &****††=..
..=†*%&@## =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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.....=*%%& &%%*=.....
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