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......,=\%  arches, where the drops melt together   %\=,......
.......,=\ . until they're  finally  to heavy to  . \=,.......
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...,=\%%&@ quartz. in the faint light of the cave,  @&%%\=,...
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......,=\%    the dragon is translucent like the    %\=,......
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........,=   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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