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@¶@&**~:.. the humidity in the cave air condense ..:~**&@¶@
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@¶@&**~:.. 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 .:~**&@¶@#
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@¶@&**~:.. itself. but here and now it is asleep, ..:~**&@¶@
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