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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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@¤==~^¨¨¨¨ 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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