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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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