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...~=$$£## ..  . . .    .. ...    .     ..  ~CLINK~ ##£$$=~...
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...~=$$£## .      ...........~CLIRR~.......   .   . ##£$$=~...
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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.    .   . ..........
.......... .    .              .             .    . ..........
..........    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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