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,,,,,,,-;* 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, &*;-,,,,,,
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