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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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