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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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