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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. , , #&&§§««,,,
,:«†§&#¶## , , , , , ##¶#&§†«:,
,,,:«††&¶# 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. ¶¶&&&§†«:,
,:«†§&#¶## ##¶#&§†«:,
,:«†&#¶### 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. ##¶#&§†«:,
,:«†§&#¶## ##¶#&§†«:,
,:«†§&#¶## it is dreaming about you... ##¶#&§†«:,
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