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.^«^**§@## «CLINKLE«  .       .       .           . ##@§**^«^.
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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.    .    . @@§§**^«^.
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.^«^**§@##     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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