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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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