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##¶#$§:~^. ~CLINKLE~  .        .       .          . .^~:§$#¶##
#¶#$§:~^.. .  .   ~CLINKLE~    .    .             . ..^~:§$#¶#
¶#$§:~^... ..  . .  .   ..  ...   .    ..   ~CLINK~ ...^~:§$#¶
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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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