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.:~*=*§@##                 medicine                 ##@§*=*~:.
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.:~*=*§### # in kirugu vargir, far from the       # ###§*=*~:.
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....:*=*§@ # 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 §=**:.....
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.:~*====§#               properties.                #§====*~:.
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.:~*=*§@## for  starters,  it speeds up healing  of ##@§*=*~:.
.:~*=*§@@# wounds,  especially  for  those  cut  by #@@§*=*~:.
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.....:~=§# 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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