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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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