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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 ,,»»»*%%
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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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