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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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