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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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