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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.    ,   , @@@@*^==,,
,,==^*@¶## ,    ,             ,             ,     , ##¶@*^==,,
,,==^*@¶##     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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