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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 ......:-†*
$*†-:..... DRAGON. THEY LOOK LIKE ICE, BUT THEY .....:-†*$
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#§$*†-:... TISSUE, AND ON THE DRAGON THAT MADE ...:-†*$§#
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$*†-:..... SCALES, AND AS IT LIES IN THE MIDDLE OF .....:-†*$
*†-:...... 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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