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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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