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....^==**§                 medicine                 §**==^....
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.^==**§### #                                      # ###§**==^.
..^==**§## # in kirugu vargir, far from the       # ##§**==^..
...^==**§# # desert. in the green caves... there  # #§**==^...
....^==**§ # grows a lichen on the walls. hence   # §**==^....
.....^==** # the name... green caves... although  # **==^.....
......^==* # they are rather blue-green. teal.    # *==^......
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......^==* they would  scrape the lichen  from  the *==^......
.....^==** cave  walls, being careful not to inhale **==^.....
....^==**§ the dust. even  so, they would  get some §**==^....
...^==**§# in their lungs, or stuck in their  hair, #§**==^...
..^==**§## or on their hands...  sooner  or  later, ##§**==^..
.^==**§###       it would enter their bodies.       ###§**==^.
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...^==**§# the   medicine  made  from   the  lichen #§**==^...
....^==**§      flakes have some,, interesting      §**==^....
.....^==**                properties.               **==^.....
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.......^== for  starters,  it speeds up healing  of ==^.......
........^= wounds,  especially  for  those  cut  by =^........
.......^==               animal claw,               ==^.......
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.....^==** it  aids  in  making  dreams lucid,  for **==^.....
....^==**§         making dreams come true,         §**==^....
...^==**§#  and when sufficiently accustomed, you   #§**==^...
..^==**§## can   see  it  glow   in  those  dreams. ##§**==^..
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