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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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