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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    .~=\*£@###
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#@£*\=~...        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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