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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   :«:,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,:«:  SOARING, IT BECOMES A FACET OF THE SKY  :«:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:«:%  ITSELF. BUT HERE AND NOW IT IS ASLEEP,  %:«:,,,,,,
,,,,,:«:%%               AND DREAMING.              %%:«:,,,,,
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