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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     #¶%†††^~.,
,,,,~†%§§#  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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