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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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