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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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