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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.    .    . $†:--.....
....--:†$& .    .            .               .    . &$†:--....
...--:†$&¶     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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