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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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