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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨::@&
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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 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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