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.-«†$*##@@  THE HUMIDITY IN THE CAVE AIR CONDENSE   @@##*$†«-.
.-«†$*##@#  INTO DROPLETS IN THE ROOF OF THE HALL,  #@##*$†«-.
.-«†$$**##   AND IS THEN SLOWLY CARRIED DOWN THE    ##**$$†«-.
.-«†$*##@#  ARCHES, WHERE THE DROPS MELT TOGETHER   #@##*$†«-.
.-«†$*##@# . UNTIL  THEY'RE  FINALLY TO  HEAVY TO . #@##*$†«-.
...--†$##@   CLING. A FEW SECONDS IN THE AIR, THEN  @##$†--...
.-«†$*##@#  THEY HIT THE CRYSTALS THAT HAVE INVADED #@##*$†«-.
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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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.-«†$*##@#    THE DRAGON IS TRANSLUCENT LIKE THE    #@##*$†«-.
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.-«†$##@##    BUMP IN THE PILE. WHEN AWAKE, WHEN    ##@##$†«-.
.-«†$*##@@  SOARING, IT BECOMES A FACET OF THE SKY  @@##*$†«-.
.-«†$*##@#  ITSELF. BUT HERE AND NOW IT IS ASLEEP,  #@##*$†«-.
....««††$#              AND DREAMING.               #$††««....
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