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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,               †^-:......
.......:-^                    .                     ^-:.......
........:- 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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