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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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.:==†%#@##    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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