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###@*†=~~. ~CLINKLE~ . . . . .~~=†*@###
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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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